Social Justice

 Social Justice is what we have been learning about this term. Social Justice means:  The view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. I think that is very important that we learn about this because not many people are educated about situations that are going on in this world today and in the past. 

The Asian Community. 

This community has experienced more hate during the year of 2020/2021, Asian hate become 1900% higher than the other years. They faced prejudice stereotypes not just in 2020 but other years as well.  "Most Asian representation in Hollywood up until around 5 years ago has been pretty uninspired and stereotypical" - Simu Liu. The community wants us to know that (most) Asian characters onscreen are shown in a stereotypical way and that themselves is not truly how this community would act. Asian characters onscreen shown non-stereotypical capacity normalizes their existence and their culture. I think that we should get more education around their/every culture to learn more about everyone not just seeing "cultures" through screens.

The Muslim Community.

This community may experienced  hate and being bullied. Zeinab is one of may people that have experienced this. Zeinab was being bullied at school and hiding her true self. She had been called a refugee, an immigrant, a terrorist, asked if she is in ISIS, had bomb ‘jokes’ thrown at her up and down. Zeinab is one of many people that have been treated like this. Her and her family moved to New Zealand to get a better life and that is what they should've received. This community wants us to know that, "Why can’t we all be seen as one? Because no matter what race, what culture, what country, what colour, and what religion you may have or may be, the one thing we all have in common is that we are all human beings. We are all the same species, and doesn’t it sound stupid to be against your own kind?" - Zeinab.

The Pacific Community. 

This community just like the other communities has faced the feeling of being hurt. In the Early 1970s the New Zealand government at that time were forcing the Pacific community out of their own homes and were treated horribly. New Zealands economy was starting to go down in the 1970s and the government was blaming it on the Pacific community. That is why they were treating them like this. The Government at the time was discriminating them and then majority of New Zealanders were seeing this community as jeopardising their financial security of their life during when all of this was happening. the Dawn raids is when the police would go to a house they knew Pacific people lived at and they would wreck their house and take them to jail. I think this was a horrible decision and why would they do it in the first place.

It is so hard to think that these communities were treated like this in New Zealand. New Zealand is a place that people come to feel/ be safe not to be treated horribly. Everyone should be aware of this and treat everyone respectfully just like how you would like to be treated themselves. New Zealand and the rest of the world should be safe for everyone, it is our home for the rest of peoples lives no matter if you like it or not and this is why everyone should feel at home no matter what country they are in.