The Dark Side of Social Justice Activism
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12 min readAug 30, 2021
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.