On Social (In)Justice
We could intellectualise and theorise social justice
We could begin with….
Patricia Hill Collins,
Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi,
Omolara Ogundipe-Leslie,
Birthmothers.
Black women thinkers whose work is cherished to this day, birthing thoughts and consciousness into critical social theory domains.
Yet, social justice is grounded in lived, felt reality…The murder of George Floyd,
Breonna Taylor, Nicole Smallman, Bibaa Henry, Valerie Forde.
Black bodies killed, maimed, dehumanised.
Violence everywhere, male violence against women and girls, war violence, violence in all its forms, leaving in its wake devastation, poverty, and decay.
Systems that fail to produce justices
Seeking justice, justice seeking
Violence in the form of no recourse, systems reproducing oppression, suffering and struggle.
Social justice is not having to defend one's humanity
Social justice is incomplete and unbound.
Social justice is equity, hope and freedom. In Sylvia Wynter's words, our work is unfinished.
