Social justice matters. Period. "But" nothing. [View all]

[DanTex]

Social justice is a vital issue in its own right, and it doesn't always need to be accompanied by reminders that other things matter too, and that issues are linked together, and so on.

Even if the current overall level of inequality stayed the same, but discrimination against minorities and women ended, black men weren't being profiled and shot down in the streets, that would be a big step forward.

This doesn't mean that social justice is the only thing that matters. If we had social justice without economic justice, we still wouldn't be where we need to, true. But, then, even if we ended racism, and also had an equitable distribution of wealth, we still wouldn't be where we need to be unless we prevented global warming from destroying the planet, ensured that women had access to reproductive care, and a whole bunch of other things.