Critical+Questions

=Social Justice Questions=

__ **Social Justice** __
From: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/essential%20questions/socialjustice.htm

What is social justice?

 * To what extent does power or the lack of power affect individuals?
 * ====== What is oppression and what are the root causes? ======
 * ====== How are prejudice and bias created? How do we overcome them? ======
 * ====== What are the responsibilities of the individual in regard to issues of social justice? ======
 * ====== Can literature serve as a vehicle for social change? ======
 * ====== When should an individual take a stand against what he/she believes to be an injustice? What are the most effective ways to do this? ======
 * ====== What are the factors that create an imbalance of power within a culture? ======
 * ====== What does power have to do with fairness and justice? ======
 * ====== Is it ever necessary to question the status quo? ======
 * ====== What are the benefits and consequences of questioning / challenging social order? ======
 * ====== Do we have choices concerning fairness and justice? ======
 * ====== Does labeling and stereotyping influence how we look at and understand the world? ======
 * ====== What does it mean to be invisible? (context: minorities) ======
 * ====== In what ways can a minority keep their issues on the larger culture’s "radar screen?" ======
 * ====== Does an institution/culture ever have a right to censor its artists? ======
 * ====== What creates prejudice and what can an individual overcome it? ======
 * ====== What are the causes and consequences of prejudice and injustice, and how does an individual’s response to them reveal his/her true character? ======
 * ====== What allows some individuals to take a stand against prejudice/oppression while others choose to participate in it? ======
 * ====== What are the causes and consequences of prejudice and how does an individual’s response to it reveal his/her morals, ethics, and values? ======