Social Justice

Despite the egregious examples, some people still ignore or outright deny the racism directed toward the AAPI community, leading a fellow Jesuit to breathe a sigh of relief when finally feeling listened to. Sometimes, blending in means being the “model minority,” a term that is both rooted in disparaging Blacks in their civil protest and used to pit people of color against one another.

Those Indians who want religious harmony are looking for resources from their own religions and the Constitution. But the upper caste and class Brahmins (priests) and Banias (businessmen) want to divide the Indians on the basis of religion for their political ends. The common and conscious Indians are for development, peace, rights, justice and cultural cum religious harmony.

At a time when people are trying to stay alive amidst a persistent covid-19 pandemic for a little more than two years, the theme of Achieving social justice through formal employment for the World Day of Social Justice on 20th February seems to be a fanciful utopian dream from the ivory tower of the sleeping global giant, United Nations.

The consequences of the pandemic can be seen at the end of 2021 with almost 14% of the Latin American population living in extreme poverty: ninety million people! As far as the middle classes are concerned, the pandemic has revealed their extreme vulnerability, due to low social security contributions and low levels of social security coverage.

I see this reflected so beautifully in Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti, finding our voice to build integral ecology with our common home.

...“If the Church and the world recognizes the worth of women and work with them as collaborative partners, the world will be a beautiful place to live”.