How Belief in a Just World Attempts to Justify Racism

Before taking this academic journey, the phrase "just world beliefs," was foreign to me, uncharted territory. Frankly, I had no idea how someone's ideas about procedural or distributive justice impacted their racial attitudes. Whether someone believed the world was inherently just, that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get, seemed irrelevant to me and more of a question reserved for discussions about religion or spirituality. That's until I realized that people who endorse this idea that the world is inherently just have a tendency to justify the suffering others endure, a blame-the-victim mentality. Finally, I found an explanation for the "what was she wearing," and "he should have complied," callous responses we often see after race and gender-based violence. <a href="https://readcultured.com/why-belief-in-a-just-world-attempts-to-justify-racism-9cb519302586">Click Here</a>