First, I found our sessions on justice to be exceptionally inspiring. 

What is equality? To a conservative, it means everyone starts at the same point; we provide equal support for every person, regardless of their inherited attributes. As for a liberal, it means we provide different people with different support: the poorer a person is, the greater the support they receive. This highlights the core difference between equality and equity. 

But the most interesting question is: what is justice? Sometimes justice means removing the fence entirely. Sadly, in reality, the strongest people who already have enough resources get more and more information, whereas the weakest keep losing their resources and information. 

Does removing the fence automatically create justice? Sometimes fences are there for a reason. For example, the owner of a football field might not want anyone else to come in. But is the owner of the field the only person who should influence the decision of whether to put up a barrier or a fence? This remains an open question for discussion. 

The most practical aspect of this session is how we apply these concepts—equality, equity, merit, voice and recognition, and structural justice—to real-world scenarios. In most cases, universities tend to rely on equality or merit just for the sake of the efficiency of their selection systems. 

Thirdly, after watching the movie Hidden Figures, I also noticed leadership in speaking up for oneself at the right time, in the right place, and to the right person—specifically, to the person who holds the power to make decisions. By positioning herself against an exploitative system rather than just engaging in conflict between colleagues, she ultimately made the system more just.

In the discussion, Winston raised the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four," a satire on totalitarianism. I took a look last Wednesday and realized it is a very imaginative novel of what would happen when people lose their ability to really describe justice for society. 

That is the point why we have this language program. So the question I keep asking myself is: do we have enough vocabulary to describe the circumstances that we are facing? Do we have enough evidence to decide whether the system is just or not?

When encountering an injustice, what lies within my power to change it, and what responsibility follows from having that power? 

At least we have the power to point it out, at least to the person who is the victim of the injustice. We are responsible for letting them know that they are facing an injustice. And if that person has no idea what to do, we are also responsible for providing the right connections to that victim to help them conquer those injustices.