Justice: The Racial Motive We All Have and Need

Abstract This essay posits that justice is the core value epitomizing our moment. Justice violated when positive outcomes are undeserved, and felt sense of injustice motivates a need for retribution. Because politics involves allocation (distribution redistribution), deservingness appraisal “who gets what” therefore fundamental politics. especially germane to race, ethnicity, scholars. I present few tenets theory, argue political science can take advantage moment engage concept justice; as it relates study racial attitudes identification enablers—those ostensible non-racists who facilitate status quo. Summarily, propose unify debates over prejudice politics, advance scholarly understanding how well-intentioned people—regardless their identities, or ideological partisan labels—can racism, inequality, injustice.