Structural Injustice (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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Structural Injustice
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Structural injustice definition

Systematic discrimination by governments against specific groups

Cromwell's Irish policy name

To Hell or to Connacht

Cromwell policy - penalty for refusal

Death sentence

Apartheid time period

Most of the 20th century

Doctrine apartheid was based on

Separate but equal

Apartheid land inequality statistic

80% population confined to 10-15% land

Bantu laws - non-white education content

Gardening, manual labour, domestic work

Purpose of educational apartheid

Keep well-paying professional jobs for whites only

Contemporary structural injustice - religion

Systematic discrimination based on religious beliefs

Contemporary example - sexual orientation

Laws criminalising same-gender relationships, some with death penalty

Structural injustice as moral issue

Moral failure at national and societal level

Apartheid segregation examples

Separate transport, beaches, schools, restaurants, workplaces

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