Social justice means fairness, equity, and quality. Feminism is a movement fighting to end women’s exploration, sexiest men’s behavior and oppression, as Bell Hooks tried to explain very clearly. Sex is anatomy and psychology. There are a couple of factors and ways to express gender through behavior, looks, and physical and mental self-the identity. So feminism is a much broader concept and can address more issues if we analyze it more profoundly. I learned what I am in this class, and I understood more about myself in a contest of gender politics and how the patriarchal world is the air we breathe, not even thinking about it while we work and study. There are personal, Institutional, interpersonal, and cultural levels of operation.
I heard stories about racial prejudice,gender struggles, social unfairness, and simple brutal ignorance, even from family members or the doctor’s office. I always appreciate others’ shares because they make you realize the pain. We had read about the New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, where 148 women died.This is a horrifying story, painful and full of ignorance. I believe women are the most vulnerable to violence in history. I had a chance to participate in discussions about human rights and freedom, civil rights, and liberties, along with feminism. I understand the importance of fundamental structure and why women didn’t have the same possibilities as men to live their lives. The history of women is different than that of men. Black feminism is different then feminism. Many stories I heard contained the narrative of oppression in other parts of the World. My friends from class shared touching and painful experiences that I am thankful I heard. It made me closer to every one of them.
I feel capitalism is taking a human from humanity; it created slavery and built a structure that exploits people and drains their strength and hard work with little reward and no benefits.Woman who carry the responsibility to core for family exist under different rules in capitalist world.
Race, Gender, Class and Feminism are social issues that are reflected in our everyday lives when we start the day on the morning ride in the subway, at work or school, and when we come back to our kids who tell us stories from their daily lives in their class. It is painfully vivid in unfairness and rewarding when challenged. Action, activist matter and change is possible if decided to do it. We talked about what we did to protect ourselves and the moment we couldn’t do it and why. We witness human struggle in many forms while reading about discrimination and injustice and analyzing white privilege. The count of 26 conditions in Peggy McIntosh opened my imagination.
To better understand the history and current structure, we must face existing ideas about radicating inequality and building new concepts. The unconscious processes that sustain inequality must be discussed, and the dialog must include history. I care for social justice regarding race, gender, sexual identity, national origin, ethnicity, religion, immigration status, economic status, etc. Social justice is the battle of our times across New York City, the nation, and the globe. Social justice is delivering on today’s promises while also accounting for, and reckoning with past harm, persistent harm, and, where applicable, leveling the playing field. That means ensuring, for example, that Black and brown people are brought on in businesses to account for systemic racism, raising women’s pay to account for past and ongoing pay inequality, or seeing that children do not start the school day hungry. We have responsibilities and duties to each other to ensure social justice is done, and this has been my passion. Feminism is a fight for justice, and anyone can add to it from their end. There is no end! My perspective is also driven by world history, personal experience, and vocational experience. I was raised in Soviet-occupied Poland, which gained independence when I was 10. My parents had collaborated against the USSR. We do not seek to save and preserve for the sake of protecting and preserving; we strive to learn and maintain this work to help propel people forward with a clearer view of the past, and the aim of moving forward, perhaps even together. Once more, to understand the forces that fuel structural racism, gender inequality, and class, it’s necessary to know how we got here. Daily’s work seems to offer a roadmap.