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Social Justice Alignment Tool

Social justice has existed for hundreds of years; some may well argue that it has existed for as long as human society. Recently, commitments to social justice have become more central to everyday life, work, and learning. Better understanding social justice ideologies helps build better relations—recognizing multiple pathways for the Work. Please note that humans are complex and so there are wide variances of expressions in each ideological perspective. There are also significant, diverse viewpoints and practices associated within and between various social justice ideological frameworks.

The Social Justice Alignment Tool helps determine which social justice tradition you most closely align with based on your responses.

Answer honestly for the most accurate result! 

This form is confidential.
No personal data is collected by this form. To save the results on your device, screenshot the results confirmation screen. Contact Tabia Lee, EdD  for additional information about this tool.

Section 1: Race and Identity

Q1. Laws should treat everyone exactly the same, regardless of race, gender, or background.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q1. Laws should treat everyone exactly the same, regardless of race, gender, or background.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q2. Historical and systemic disadvantages require targeted policies to achieve real equality.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q2. Historical and systemic disadvantages require targeted policies to achieve real equality.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q3. Understanding how race, gender, and class intersect is essential to creating fair policy.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q3. Understanding how race, gender, and class intersect is essential to creating fair policy.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q4. Discussions about identity often distract from universal principles of justice.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q4. Discussions about identity often distract from universal principles of justice.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Section 2: Economic Justice

Q5. The market is the fairest way to distribute resources; inequality is acceptable if opportunity exists.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q5. The market is the fairest way to distribute resources; inequality is acceptable if opportunity exists.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q6. Structural economic inequality needs redistribution policies to achieve fairness.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q6. Structural economic inequality needs redistribution policies to achieve fairness.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q7. Wealth and income inequality are deeply connected to broader systems of power and oppression.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q7. Wealth and income inequality are deeply connected to broader systems of power and oppression.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Section 3: Gender and Equality

Q8. Laws guaranteeing formal equality between men and women are sufficient.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q8. Laws guaranteeing formal equality between men and women are sufficient.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q9. Gender norms and cultural expectations must be challenged to achieve true equality.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q9. Gender norms and cultural expectations must be challenged to achieve true equality.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q10. Gender intersects with other identities, creating compounded forms of disadvantage.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q10. Gender intersects with other identities, creating compounded forms of disadvantage.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Section 4: Free Speech and Institutions

Q11. Free speech should be protected even if some groups feel offended.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q11. Free speech should be protected even if some groups feel offended.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q12. Speech that reinforces oppression should be limited to protect vulnerable groups.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q12. Speech that reinforces oppression should be limited to protect vulnerable groups.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q13. Existing institutions can be reformed to achieve justice without dismantling them.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q13. Existing institutions can be reformed to achieve justice without dismantling them.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree

Q14. Some institutions are inherently biased and need structural transformation.

Scale: 1 (Strongly Disagree) → 5 (Strongly Agree)
Q14. Some institutions are inherently biased and need structural transformation.
Strongly DisagreeStrongly Agree