The Dark Side of Social Justice Activism

Ryan Reudell
Real Talk with Ryan
12 min readAug 30, 2021

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Social justice activism is always about justice . . . right?

Not exactly. Like all things, social justice activism has two sides: one light, one dark.

The light side is courageous, compassionate, and empowering. It relies on truth to run the gauntlet through oppression and bring the silver light of hope on the horizon back down to earth.

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Ryan Reudell
Real Talk with Ryan

Writing about philosophy, writing, self-mastery, politics, and mental health with no pulled punches. I read about 100 books a year & take notes on all of them.