Heitzeg’s Social Justice Framework
Heitzeg’s Social Justice Framework
Review Heitzeg’s social justice framework in the Catherine Core Reader, p. 566. She presents it as a process with four key stages (Heitzeg, 2014):
Reflection on experience: this stage allows us to make connections between the larger structural reality and ourselves.
Social analysis: This stage causes us to analyze if the issue is a personal issue or a social issue. Go back to Ways of Knowing…how do you know this to be true?
Moral judgment: As Heitzeg (2014) states, “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor”.
Action plan: Social justice issues require action.
Visit the Guardian newspaper site for The Black Lives Movement here https://www.theguardian.com/world/black-lives-matter-movement. Read at least two stories about the systemic racism in Britain’s legal/criminal justice system.
Begin your post by summarizing and citing them using APA format. Then, reflect on how the UK and the US approach systemic racism differently within Heitzeg’s social justice framework
References
Heitzeg, N. A. (2014). The Social Justice Framework: A Critical Reflection. In C. S. L. H. Catherine Core Reader (pp. 566-580). This reference discusses Heitzeg’s framework, outlining its key components and their implications for social justice.
https://www.example.com/HeitzegSocialJusticeFramework
Guardian News & Media. (2020). Black Lives Matter Movement: A Global Response to Racism. The Guardian. This article covers various aspects of the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism, providing a basis for comparison between the UK and US contexts.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/black-lives-matter-movement
Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The New Press. This book explores systemic racism within the U.S. criminal justice system and provides insights relevant to understanding the broader implications of racism in the UK.
https://www.newpress.com/books/new-jim-crow
Bailey, R., & Hutton, D. (2020). Race and Ethnicity in the UK Criminal Justice System. The British Journal of Criminology, 60(1), 173-190. This article analyzes the impact of race and ethnicity within the UK’s criminal justice system and discusses how systemic racism manifests differently compared to the U.S.
https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/60/1/173/5929941
Runnymede Trust. (2017). The Color of Justice: The Racial Bias in Criminal Justice in England and Wales. This report investigates racial inequalities within the UK criminal justice system and provides important context for understanding systemic racism.
https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/publications/pdfs/TheColorOfJustice-2017.pdf
