Read the following course resources located in the course tools folder:
Comparison Chart of Social Justice Ideas and Terms(PDF document) (focus specifically on origins, problem, evil, solution, and areas of the chart related to justice, social justice, equity, equality, inclusion, racism, and antiracism)
Glossary of ADEI Terms(Word document)
Understanding Epistemology(Word document)
Read Chapter 4, Why Antiracism Fails in Beyond Racial Division(new tab) (Yancey, 2022).
Based on your reading of the assignment material, write a 3-4-page APA-style paper responding to the prompts below. Your paper should include proper grammar, APA formatting, style, citations, and references, as well as an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
Define epistemology and explain its importance to one’s worldview and definition of social justice terms such as antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Describe your overall understanding of the differences that you see in the epistemological assumptions of a historic Judeo-Christian worldview and that of modern social justice theories and ideas in these areas and how they affect the terminology and visions of justice represented. How are these differences related to their understanding of truth, what it is, and where it comes from?
Based on the readings and course material provided, identify and describe 2-3 themes you see in the Judeo-Christian view of the world and the vision they represent regarding issues of justice.
Based on the readings and course material provided, identify and describe 2-3 themes you see in the Critical Social Theories and Justice view and understanding of the world and the vision they represent for issues of justice.
Based on the worldview areas of Problem, Evil, and Solution indicated on the comparison chart, provide a summary of at least two differences you see between the worldviews in their definitions, understandings, and approaches. Discuss how your approach to a specific issue would be impacted if you believed one of these visions of truth and the world versus the other.
Explain your thoughts and the insights you gained overall from the reading and information provided in the resources for this week. Identify one or two ways the material can help you think more critically and effectively about issues of social justice, including ideas such as antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as you engage with these ideas in social work.
Before finalizing your work, ensure that you:
Have followed the assignment instructions carefully.
Use the computer’s spelling and grammar check.
Your writing incorporates concepts and demonstrates your understanding of the resources required for the assignment (journals, videos, texts, etc.) and follows all conventions of academic writing, including the use of essay-style paragraphs (topic sentence, supporting sentences, and summary or final statement), proper grammar, correct use of spelling and punctuation, well-written introductory and concluding paragraphs and use of currently required APA writing standards including format (use of cover page, proper headings, page numbers, indented paragraphs, double spacing throughout, one-inch margins, same font throughout, reference page) and APA style including proper use of in-text citations, concise language, paraphrasing and active voice in the first or third person.
