11. Justice
This chapter was created with selected essays by three student authors: Alexis Castenada-Perez, Christopher Byers, and Carla Medel. The balance of the book consists of either collaborative writing among student authors and myself or my individual writing based on substantive brainstorming and research conducted by the research librarian, Michaela Willi-Hooper, the student authors, and myself. But when it comes to justice, I wanted you to read directly the words of students and what matters to them. Going forward, I will add to this chapter with additions by other students. You will read my introduction and then each of the individual students will speak to a meaningful aspect of justice, their experience writing the text, and their developing understanding of social justice.
–Elizabeth B. Pearce
Chapter Learning Objectives
- Define justice.
- Discuss how justice applies to families in the US.
- Describe how intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, immigration, and socioeconomic status create different experiences of justice.
- Describe how the founding documents of our country define justice.
- Analyze experiences of justice and injustice in your own family.
- Identify diverse topics related to justice.
