Social Justice Scam

AIA-FL Blog ^ | May 5, 2010 | Malcolm A. Kline

[bs9021]

Social Justice Scam

Malcolm A. Kline, May 5, 2010

When you hear the term “social justice,” be prepared to empty your wallet, particularly if it is paired with the word “economic.” “An academic program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the minor in Social and Economic Justice, illustrates the difference between education and indoctrination,” Jay Schalin of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy alleges.

The Pope Center is located in nearby Raleigh. The course is the “brainchild” of UNC sociologist Judith Blau, Shalin claims.

“If her own section of Sociology 273 is any indication, Dr. Blau clearly intended this program to be indoctrination,” Schalin writes. “The intellectual content of Blau’s course is based primarily on her book Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision (co-written with Spanish sociologist Alberto Moncada).”

“The book has two main themes. The first is a full-frontal assault on the United States and its foundations: capitalism, individualism, and the Protestant religion. The second is painting collectivism, and international organizations based on collective thought, on a moral plane, high above American traditions.”

And it is not only used at UNC. “I have the misfortune of reading this book for a class at UCLA School of Law,” one customer wrote on Amazon. “The authors do a great disservice in trying to represent a counterargument for neoliberal economic policies.”

“There are numerous missing or incorrect citations.”

“I am a law student, but I would never presume to turn in something like this as a rough draft,” the reviewer concludes. “Where was the editor on this?”

“The second section of Sociology 273, taught by graduate student Alexis Silver, continues the trend toward indoctrination,” Schalin asserts...

[Paladin2]

"...to satisfy the social justice requirement..."

Well, there's a problem.

[pabianice]

Minor in Social Justice? Bah. Why not go all the way!Or here! Or enroll in the Doctorate in Social Justice at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst!

[SnakeDoctor]

If Jesse Jackson is any indication, “social justice” is a lucrative field these days. Nothing shows your commitment to anti-capitalism like using a “social justice” degree to make a bunch of money.

SnakeDoc

[bs9021]

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[Mrs. Don-o]

I strongly object to letting Socialists "own" the term Social Justice. It is insane to concede them the power to define this concept, just as they have been conceded the power to define "compassionate," "enlightened," "progressive," "reform," and every other key concept in the public forum.

We should take back these words and restore them to their true meaning. And while we're at it, let's take back the "rainbow," which truly symbolizes, not polymorphous perversity, but God's world-saving promise; "marriage," which means sacred fertile union, and "reproductive health," which means sacred fertile union resulting in a healthy baby.

Push back the socialists and sexual shape-shifters who have seized and twisted our words. Take back the power to define the terms. And then go out and win those hearts and minds.

[Paladin2]

Heck, I don’t even concede the Red State thing that happened just a few years ago.