Social Justice Reflection

Social Justice ReflectionNameCourseDateInstructorPersonal Understanding of JusticePersonally, I reckon social justice as a notion that supports equal access to economic, political as well as social rights and opportunities for everyone. In this sense, the main aim of social workers is opening access doors and opportunities such as scholarships, good schools, quality healthcare, jobs, and peace among others for all people, especially those in greatest need. For instance, for social justice during the Flint Water Crisis, appropriate measures were taken to identify the causes, consequences, as well as the solutions to the crisis although the community’s recovery was severely undermined by streams of conflicting networks, fractured communication networks, inability of officials to respond in meaningful means, and the difficulty in communicating community concerns to officials (Gray, et al, 2017). The author likens the challenges in the Flint community during the crisis with challenges faced by other marginalized communities such as those affected by Hurricane Katrina. He argues that these challenges occur when communities that are racially segregated and economically depressed face harms, which worsens if these communities have hardships responding to these issues because of fractured communication networks, complex issues, and