Racial and Econ Justice

• Justice is the ethical, philosophical idea that people are to be treated impartially, fairly, properly, and reasonably by the law.
• Distributive justice is the way in which rewards and punishments are handed out
• Retributive justice is the effort to give all people a response in portion to what they have done (e.g. karma)
• Restorative justice is an effort to make things right by utilizing the victim and the victimizer
• Ahimsa is the Hindu principle of non-violence to all living things
• Satyagraha is a non-violent struggle to do good and to achieve justice.
• Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian social reformer that used non-violent resistance and followed satyagraha
• non-violent resistance is peaceful protest that puts burden on the perpetrator
• the good samaritan is a parable about loving everyone and practicing agape.
• imago dei refers to us, human beings, as we were made in the image of God.
• 99% refers to the non-wealthy (majority of world and U.S. population)
• civil rights are rights entitled to members in a society
• human rights are rights entitled to all human beings
• The black panther party was a social movement to get rights and protection for African Americans
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a political organization that advocates for civil rights.
• Malcolm X was a political advocate for civil rights and used violent reformation
• Rev Dr. King was a political advocate for civil rights and used peaceful reformation.
• Wealth inequality is the uneven distribution of wealth and income, for instance, the unequal distribution of assets.
• the upper class (only 1% of nation) has 71% of the nation's wealth and the other 99% of the population owns only 3 to 26% of the nation's wealth.
• The 4 Occupy Wall Street goals were 1) reduce wealth inequality 2) advocate for universal healthcare 3) reduce cost of educational debt 4) establish fair and transparent baking practices
• Islamic finance suggests that people should loan money without interest
• Zakat is Islam principle of obligatory charity for the needy
• Sadaqa is the Islamic principle of voluntary charity for the needy.
• Liberation theology is the use of Christian teaching to bring about social, political, and economic change.
• Tzedekah is the Jewish concept of obligatory charity
• Robinhood tax is the idea that wealthy people should give more tax than poor people
• Verna Meyers' main points are 1) admit your bias and don't be "colorblind" 2) go out of your way to support people who receive racial/social bigotry, especially young black men 3) if you see injustice, say something about it