Social Injustice

Question 1

Describe human rights

Answer 1

Human rights are universal and for everyone
There are a total of 30
Cyrus the Great changes things by freeing slaves and freedom to religion
A natural law became natural rights through revolutions
The United Nations was formed to create human rights after the. 2 world wars

Question 2

What are some very important articles of the UDHR

Answer 2

Universal Foundation: Articles 1–3 provide the philosophical and moral groundwork for all human rights.
Non-Negotiable Freedoms: Articles like 5, 18, and 19 protect freedoms that are fundamental to human dignity and democratic societies.
Survival and Flourishing: Articles 25 and 26 address essential needs and opportunities for individuals to lead fulfilling lives.

Question 3

We learn from a young age that life is unfair. But most of these situations are beyond human control but she. Does injustice occur

Answer 3

Injustice occurs when PEOPLE increase or cause the unfairness

Question 4

What is social justice about

Answer 4

seeking to protect people’s civil liberties, rights and opportunities, and taking care of the least advantaged members of society.

Question 5

What are some types of discrimination

Answer 5

Sexism
Ageism
Ableism
Racism
Transphobia
Homophobia

Question 6

What can prejudice be

Answer 6

a barrier which stops people living, working and learning together as a community.
It is very unfair and it only takes someone to be ‘different’ to be singled out for discrimination.
The victims are in the minority and often find it difficult to deal with

Question 7

Why do people discriminate

Answer 7

Bad experience
Upbringing
Media
Ignorance
Scapegoating

Question 8

Bad experience

Answer 8

If a person has a bad experience of someone -they may think everyone else like them is the same

Question 9

Upbringing

Answer 9

If a person is continually exposed to veiws at a young age that are prejudicial these views become normalised /default thought and they may view these people differently

Question 10

Media

Answer 10

Consuming information on media platforms that may not be regulated and is therefore biased will cause views and influence people to think or behave in a certain way

Question 11

Ignorance

Answer 11

Having a negative opinion of a group of people you have not actually met or know anything about these opinions are often based on misconceptions

Question 12

What is positive discrimination

Answer 12

A form of discrimination that favours someone by treating them differently in a positive way

Question 13

What are some examples of positive discrimination?

Answer 13

Appointing someone from an under represented group in a role without considering if they have the skills
Hiring more candidates from ethnic minorities to boost diversity over more qualified employees
Universities lower scores to get in so that those from a state school can get in and not just private schools

Question 14

Absolute poverty

Answer 14

An individual or family who does not earn enough money to meet the basic needs of life such as food, clothing and shelter

Question 15

Relative poverty

Answer 15

Individuals of a family have an income below 60% of the average income within their society

Question 16

Generational poverty

Answer 16

When poverty has become a familiar pattern for at least two generations, this can lead to a cycle of poverty within a family called poverty trap

Question 17

Digital poverty

Answer 17

The inability to interact with the online world fully when, where and how an individual needs to

Question 18

Period poverty

Answer 18

The lack of access to sanitary/ period Products due to financial limitations.

Question 19

Fuel poverty

Answer 19

Don’t have the financial ability to afford heat, etc

Question 20

Who are the Samaritans and what do they do

Answer 20

These are people who are trained for when people feel like committing suicide because of discrimination. every 10 seconds they respond to call for help they have almost 20,000 trained listening volunteers.
their mission is to be there day and night for anyone struggling to cope
over the last 70 years they have answered over 134 million calls for help.

Question 21

Who are the race equality foundation and what do they do

Answer 21

National charity tackling racism in society
They aim to positively transforming the lives of black Asian and minority ethnic groups and communities
150,000 parents and children’s lives improved through award-winning strengthening families strengthening communities parenting programs
They share evidence based knowledge with the public to positively impact the communities