Aaron Huey’s Definition of Social Justice

I saw Aaron Huey’s view on social justice as being there. Not just saying look what they’re doing to themselves but realizing that you were a part of it and it is your job to help. Turning a blind eye to people that are hurting is a form of social injustice. He focused on what had happened to the Native Americans and he certainly had a lot of social injustice to tell. There were massacres, treaties broken, and things stolen from them. I think that he saw social justice as keeping a treaty. As being fair and treating others the same despite their race. I think that a lot of social injustice stems from racism and people thinking that they are better than someone else because of their race. If people would stop trying to put themselves on a pedestal above others then maybe the frequency of social injustice would go down. Huey talked about the massacre of Wounded Knee. He spoke of how the soldiers were praised for killing so many women and children. I think this is the opposite of what he sees as social justice. Not only did the soldiers see themselves above the Native Americans to kill them, but the country saw them above the Native Americans to the point that they gave out more medals than ever before. It’s sad how social injustice works, but for it to end we all will have to work hard to make everyone have the same rights.