Read as part of the Colson Fellows program - I really liked how this book described the difference between real justice issues and the ones that are commonly associated with the "social justice warrior" stigma. There is definitely overlap, but looking at the actual motives and outcomes instead of the alleged criticism makes recognizing needs / good solutions much clearer.

Three fundamental human needs (according to Williams) are identity, community, and a sense of purpose. But splitting people into different groups based on external characteristics only seems to pretend to welcome people in. Unless you think the same way, you are not actually part of the community.

Do we prefer damning stories to undamning facts?
Does the justice promote racial strife?
Does it distort the best news in history (i.e. the Gospel)

3 questions to ask about Social Justice and Knowledge:

Does our vision of social justice make one way of seeing some things the only way of seeing everything?
Does it turn the “lived experience” of hurting people into more pain?
Does it turn the quest for truth into an identity game?

Tunnel vision: Being so focused on identifying oppression and marginalization categories that we miss the bigger picture and explanations of what's going on or contributing to the injustice (or whether it's injustice at all)

"The Bible is as anti-fear as it is anti-oppression" - Seeing oppression everywhere makes people super-sensitive and hyper-fearful. That's not what Christians should be about. Recognize and oppose injustice, but don't make it worse by turning people into permanently anxious victims.

Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth - Thaddeus J. Williams