social justice advocate
Equity movement supporter
A social justice advocate is someone who campaigns for fairness and equal treatment across race, gender, class, sexuality, and other social categories.
The term is neutral but appears in different lights depending on the speaker—used approvingly by those who share the goals, dismissively by those who find such advocacy excessive or performative.
She's been a social justice advocate since college.
- racial equalityEqual treatment regardless of ancestry
- activismDirect effort for reform
- gender equityFair treatment across sexes
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- equal opportunityUnbiased chance for all
lobbying · speak truth to power · voice · grassroots organizing · direct action · intersectionality · community organizer · town hall · human dignity · march · inclusivity · safe space · public speaking · rally · call to action · housing rights · systemic change · accountability
social justice advocatebystander
One who observes nearby
fence-sitter · do-nothing · slacktivist · armchair critic · silent majority
social justice advocatewhite supremacist
One claiming racial superiority
fascist · segregationist · reactionary · bigot · oppressor
social justice advocateoppressor
One who dominates cruelly
power broker · oligarch · plutocrat · hegemon · gatekeeper
social, justice, advocate, society, societal, socialize, socialization, socialist, socialism