The last six words of the pledge of allegiance are; “with liberty and justice for all”. Note that it does not say “social” justice for all. Maybe whomever wrote the pledge just forgot to add the word social when he wrote it. Or maybe “social justice” means something entirely different than justice “for all”. If justice is not established equally among all citizens can we really proclaim that it is just?
So just what is social justice? Where did it come from, and why is it important? Social justice is a term social activists have been using for more than a century. These activists believe that the scale of justice must be weighted on the side of certain minority groups so that they may better keep up with the Joneses. They believe that industrious, economizing individuals who produce much more than they consume somehow owe some or all of their increase to those who, for whatever reason, produce much less than they wish to consume. The former Soviet Union was a classic example of an experiment in social justice.
The greatest number of those who champion social justice in the United States of America come from the Democratic party, and have personified themselves as “liberals”, ‘tho they are now better known as “progressives”. Is it possible that those democrats, who’s party originated in the slave states, believed that they were practicing social justice when they provided Africans with socialism, i.e. free housing, free food, free jobs, free education, free healthcare, etc., also known as slavery, on the plantations? Did they believe that the African race could not compete in a free society? Justice Taney opined as much in the infamous “Dred Scott Decision”, where it was ruled that Africans would not be allowed the status of “citizens” of the several states.
Today progressives remain dedicated to the proposition that African Americans, among other minority groups are unable to compete equally in a free society. The proof of this may be found in programs such as affirmative action, in the rantings of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and in the lowering of standards in schools and civil job application exams.
Therefore, may it be said that social justice rests on the premise that “we the intelligentsia” must assume the role of God, to dispose equality unto those races which were not created equal. Only a true racist could adhere to such a philosophy.
Donald Darling
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