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Social Justice

Social Justice

Explore these sample questions related to social justice from the perspectives of various programs. To see which major provides options to learn about these issues, click on the link provided. It will take you to the program's degree options and website.

Questions

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How is social justice related to economic justice? Can a society with wide economic disparities achieve social justice?

How do the police and courts treat people of different race/ethnicity differently?

How do war, migration, decolonization, and neo-colonization impact how people around the world seek and advocate for social justice?

What are the drivers of health disparities in society?

How does the language you speak affect one’s chances for socioeconomic success?

How do place-based cultures and power structures underlie policies that drive social justice?

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Which inclusive communication strategies increase workplace engagement?

How do historical relationships of domination impact access to material and non-material resources, and how do we rectify these historical asymmetries?

How does literacy relate to representation, and how do we best address inequities in literacy?

What can we learn from the strategies that past peoples adopted to combat oppression, whether as individuals or in groups? How have social hierarchies been formed and enforced?

Will poverty-reduction policies improve brain development (in part through altering gene expression)?

How will higher minimum wages impact income inequality?

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How have young people acted to change the world for the better throughout history? How can they do so today?

How do we ensure social justice for all groups in the US?

How does place (e.g., urban/rural, neighborhoods) influence differences in policing and arrests?

What facets of the social, cultural and physical environments relate to socio-economic inequalities?

How do we ensure social justice for all groups in the US?

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