# (Article) Universal Social Justice: A Necessary Alternative to Critical Social Justice
**URL:** https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/article-universal-social-justice-a-necessary-alternative-to-critical-social-justice/653
**Category:** Academia
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/article-universal-social-justice-a-necessary-alternative-to-critical-social-justice/653 "2020-04-29T11:17:25Z")
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### Author:  [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/article-universal-social-justice-a-necessary-alternative-to-critical-social-justice/653/1 "2020-04-29T11:17:25Z")
does this articpe belong in this sub? 🙂
let’s discuss if it is, especially the quotes below… 🙂
"It’s worth a quick look at how CSJ has gotten as far as it has. In brief, CSJ has taken on the characteristics of a [religion](https://newdiscourses.com/2019/12/postmodern-religion-faith-social-justice/) or mental [virus](https://newdiscourses.com/2020/03/critical-theories-virus-liberal-body-politic/), and [has thrived by](https://newdiscourses.com/2020/04/woke-virus-infects-academia-covid-19-response/):
- taking an existing _genuine_ problem – [**inequity**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-equity/);
- providing a [simple](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-critical-theory/) (if wrong and morally flawed) explanation – **sexism/** [**racism**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-racism-systemic/);
- identifying a group of “[_oppressors_](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-oppression/)” to blame – **straight** [**white**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-white/) **males** ;
- developing/evolving a supporting [belief system](https://newdiscourses.com/2020/04/new-calvinists/) – [**postmodern**](https://newdiscourses.com/2020/04/french-intellectuals-ruined-west-postmodernism-impact/)**neo-marxism (** or **feminist/gender/** [**queer**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-queer-theory/) **/** [**race**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-critical-race-theory/) **/** [**whiteness**](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-whiteness-studies/)**_studies_ )** ;
- providing a righteous sounding (but non-working) “solution” – **defeating** the oppressors by [discriminating](https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-good-white/) against them until **equity** is achieved."
"Fully developing USJ will take the work of many, but I’ll attempt an imperfect start with a quick outline here. To begin with, I propose we follow the approach taken by CSJ, but in a positive way. Let’s:
- acknowledge a _genuine_ problem – _ **financial** _ **inequity** ;
- identify the real explanations for financial inequity – **systemic issues with our current economic system** and **cultural variations between groups** ;
- identify the real explanations for other types of differences in results (e.g. STEM gender balance) – **biology, preference, culture** ;
- accept that differences in results in some areas are okay **– preference-driven differences don’t need to be fixed** ;
- explicitly reject oppression as the primary explanation for existing inequity – **reject victimhood** ;
- reaffirm our commitment to equality of opportunity and legal status – **reject discrimination** ;
- propose some potentially workable solutions – **UBI** , promotion of **intergroup mixing** , providing better **educational opportunities**."
article source:
> **[Universal Social Justice: A Necessary Alternative to Critical Social Justice](https://newdiscourses.com/2020/04/universal-social-justice-alternative-critical-social-justice/)**
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> We need to provide an ideology that will counter Critical Social Justice, so that those who haven't adopted it have an alternative solution.
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### Author:  [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/article-universal-social-justice-a-necessary-alternative-to-critical-social-justice/653/2 "2020-04-29T12:09:57Z")
> [@surya](#):
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> does this articpe belong in this sub?
Admin here. 🙂 I suggest moving this thread to “Social sciences”, “Academia”, or “Random” depending on which focus you’d like to have in the discussion.
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### Author:  [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/article-universal-social-justice-a-necessary-alternative-to-critical-social-justice/653/3 "2020-05-06T08:47:51Z")
thanks rebecca. moved to academia. 🙂