The Misguided Compassion of Social Justice Catholics

[JimG]

A public school teacher’s viewpoint.

“As the daughter of an urban public school teacher and as a veteran urban public school teacher myself, I have seen first-hand the destruction caused by the Social Justice ideology in our schools over the past six decades.”

full essay here

 

[Theo520]

I thought this header summed it up well:

Students Deliver When More is Expected

 

[JimG]

I thought this header summed it up well:

Students Deliver When More is Expected

Yes. The essay is more about schools, I think, than social justice as a general category. I can understand the impulse of teachers or administrators to want to give some students a pass because of their social circumstances. But as the writer says, it does them more harm than good.

I remember once teaching a CCD class, which was–I thought–not a big deal. I let them slide a little too much. On one occasion I had a substitute cover for me–it was an older teaching nun. When I saw her the following week, she said, “These students need to be challenged!” She was right.

 

[Book_Worm]

Confusing coddling with “Social Justice” is just an excuse to perpetuate real social injustices, which, I can assure you, do exist.

 

[Padres1969]

Confusing coddling with “Social Justice” is just an excuse to perpetuate real social injustices, which, I can assure you, do exist.

That was my reaction to reading this as well.

 

[JimG]

Confusing coddling with “Social Justice” is just an excuse to perpetuate real social injustices, which, I can assure you, do exist.

And which real education might help to correct.

 

[stinkcat_14]

And which real education might help to correct.

I think part of the problem with social justice debate is that there is often a lack of education on all sides.