Sentences with phrase «of social injustice»

We have a history of attempting to sweep issues of social injustice under the rug and it is destroying us from the inside out.

Art needs to bring people back to the harsh reality of social injustice and to progress culture towards real values.

The universal message of divine empowerment is particularly potent in situations of social injustice and political privilege.

Having not read the book going in, I was more than pleasantly surprised by this story of social injustice that takes place during the civil rights movement of the 1960's.

This question is posed by the fact of social injustice, oppression, and violence.

But mere awareness of social injustice does not bring with it any felt urgency to act to change the conditions that produce injustice.

Therefore if the next Labour government is to tackle the challenge of social injustice, reform of our economy will be vital.

If Milk were alive today, he'd still be campaigning and this is a poignant portrait of the man and his understanding of social injustice.

It is part of the world system of social injustice.

My artistic practice lies in the interest of social injustice, and personal experience.

Her work explores the universal ethical implications of social injustice, especially those related to racial and gender discrimination.

Her pieces are often political, challenging the status quo as she speaks out against issues of social injustice.

Social work graduates are well prepared to address individual, family, group, and community needs caused by inequalities of class and identity, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, (dis) ability, sexual orientation, and other forms of social injustice.

However, the creation of database of lawyers willing to unbundle their services is not going to fix the problem of social injustice because of the culture in the British based justice system.

And though his opposition to the junta finally caused his death (he was killed by a hit squad working for the government) and he was outspoken in the face of social injustice and political oppression, he knew that neither Marxism nor class struggle offered any solutions.

But I don't pretend for a moment that more shareholder power — desirable though that is — will do more than scratch the surface of the inequalities of income and wealth, and the justified sense of social injustice which has grown in the last few decades of boom and bust.

«Many years ago, I began to use the term «intersectionality» to deal with the fact that many of our social justice problems like racism and sexism are often overlapping, creating multiple levels of social injustice,» Crenshaw says.

As a powerful voice for protest that appeals to disenfranchised people, Islam thrives in an environment of social injustice.

This struggle brings about personal suffering, in the giving up of luxuries for oneself for the common good and in facing the determined opposition of the organized forces of social injustice, often consciously or unconsciously backed by the religious establishments.

How has an individual's study of history in high school and / or college affected his or her perception of social injustice and the current political groups which are struggling on behalf of «freedom»?

Marx's criticism of Christianity can be summed up in the declaration that Christianity is the transcendent justification of social injustice.

Any condition of social injustice, economic deprivation, political tyranny, or racial discrimination has a deleterious effect on the self - esteem of the victims.

I might say some things differently today, but I would still hold to the basic principle that an important aspect of Christian social responsibility is the organization politically of the victims of social injustice so that they can use their power to change conditions.

Her book became the fountainhead of innumerable writings that argued that «Pentecost laid the axe at the root of social injustice.»

We are; to be sure, accustomed to the moral denunciation of social injustice, be it in religious or secular terms.

Many people wondered why Kaepernick, who in the 2016 NFL season began to kneel for the national anthem in protest of social injustice and police brutality, had since not continued to strongly voice his opinions.

They were primarily protesting America's attitudes, policies, and treatment of social injustice.

It is a crushing cycle of social injustice.

«Our county executive, who was elected to serve all the people of Westchester, continues the practices of social injustices and immoral behaviors,» DeCohen said.

When the detective (Gary Anthony Williams) assigned to her case patiently explains to her that leaving her door unlocked facilitated the burglary, Ruth sees this explanation as just another example of social injustice aimed directly at people like her.

Set in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940's, The Rising Place is a delicate look at a young woman's passionate quest for self awareness and acceptance in a time of social injustice and world war.

On paper, the excellent Katrina doc Trouble the Water screams a winner, but this enraged examination of social injustice is possibly headier than even Encounters at the End of the World.

WHY: The untold story of Newton Knight is so remarkable that it's almost hard to believe it's taken this long for someone to make a movie about it, but while there's no denying that director Gary Ross» period drama has noble intentions, it lacks the execution that this timely tale of social injustice deserves.

Mid-Pacific Institute 10th grade students explore the theme of social injustice through exploring the WWII internment of Japanese Americans through a Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii grant.

Voter suppression, a Congress that has refused to work on behalf of the people, and a constant barrage of social injustices have left far too many Americans feeling alienated, grasping at straws and willing to throw anything... Read More

Mr. Heir explicitly clarified that social injustice within gaming is not limited to a particular minority but includes «misogyny, sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, nationalism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, and other types of social injustice.»

People in and around the art world are on the lookout, not always consciously, for anything that might count as symbolic redress of social injustice.

Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, artists from Latin America have embraced photography as a means of capturing their surroundings, documenting episodes of social injustice and political upheaval, and constructing images of national identity.

The social justice residency is meant to support artistic projects that directly engage subjects related to social justice, from the perspectives of both the effects of social injustice, such as hunger, poverty and discrimination, and efforts to rectify social injustice through actions of empowerment and self - determination.