1. Injustice is when a person or group in a position of power dismisses or invalidates the voice of the suppressed minority.
2. Injustice is when someone’s actions or lack thereof affect another person inequitably or without remediation.

Conclusion: Injustice is when a powerful party’s actions or lack thereof affect the suppressed minority inequitably or without remediation.

A literature teacher at my school who teaches an accelerated program has a reputation as a predator among students– namely, everyone knows he is handsy and inappropriate conduct towards girls. Though he has this reputation, little action has ever been taken and everything is kept under wraps he is in a position of power. As a teacher he is in control of students’ grades and therefore students are afraid to speak up and out against him. In the rare occasion that students have come forward to the program coordinator, the complaints are dismissed or they are simply moved out of the class. I recently came forward to another teacher in the program about my own experience with him, but I was made aware of the sad reality that none of the other teachers knew of his reputation and that it would be near impossible to make a case out of this considering the school and district’s track record regarding cases of very real sexual assault. A girl had sued the district the year before for failing to hold her rapists accountable, causing her to fail her classes and drop out of school. The lack of action on the part of the district in the administration at my school affected this girl inequitably in that her rapists were never held accountable and she was forced to take legal action. I am still working to figure out a way that will protect incoming high school students from this predatory teacher, and yet it is extremely difficult due to the fact that I’m a woman and a student at a school that refuses to listen or believe the many students who come forward about sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by these men in positions of power.

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