Summary

The notion that the words nice and good mean the same thing has been a major problem in our modern day society. It is the link that people tend to put between social justice and being nice that drives the denial of many people’s rights. Society must acknowledge that the use of non-oppressive insults is by no means a way to express niceness, but in fact the complete opposite. We are all vulnerable to harm from others because of our fundamental misconception that ‘niceness’ and ‘goodness’ mean the same thing. Who would generally have a greater chance of being admitted to a job at a huge financial company? A woman or a man? Yes, obviously the man. Male privileges, as such, and other forms of privileges is what social justice stands to fight for. It isn’t something which refers to ‘living in a nicer world’ or ‘showing polite conduct’ but something which questions why men have accessibility to social, economic and political advantages and why people are given rights and opportunities over others. The operational definition of ‘nice’ might differ from person to person, therefore; one should set clear what ‘nice’ really means. We live in a hierarchical based society so what is seen as 'nice' is somewhat class dependent. In addition, people tend to also have a misapprehension of what oppression is. Oppression is not being offensive to someone and hurting their feelings but rather a term that advocates the rights certain people were denied due to their socio-economic status. After all, this confusion of what nice really means is both a threat to the ‘good’ people and a treat to the oppressors. The social justice league aims to offer the people back their rights and demolish unjust law regulations.