The curriculum of this class has opened up a whole new perspective for me. I've been running around all these years largely blind to white privilege, structural racism, the capital-driven wealth divide, neo-colonial practices, gender dimorphism, patriarchal power structures, and a great many other of the prolific injustices flying around these days. I can't say it's driven me to go be a GWSS major and activist, but exposure to these iconoclastic notions will doubtlessly lead me to make more informed decisions about my consumption habits, relationships with other people, and life perspective. As it stands, I'll probably grow up to be an economist and go work for one of those evil NGOs like World Bank or the IMF, but I've always specialized at fighting the man from the inside.
My definition of justice hasn't been largely altered by this class. It's still an amalgamation of fairness, civility, and "doing the right thing." It has, however, taught me to value diversity in a way that I hadn't before. Being "colorblind" or "genderblind" isn't as helpful in appreciating a person as embracing identities and celebrating new perspectives and approaches. Now that I've learned to address my imprinted norms, I can push them aside to see the real value in people. That's justice, too.
Even though I am not necessarily new to the issues discussed in this class, I appreciated your comment about appreciating diversity. I believe that our generation has grown up in a society which has acknowledged the issues of diversity/justice and we have grown to understand that is will be a forever ongoing issue. With that, I believe sometimes I often try to be nonjudgemental in all my actions without giving acknowledgement to the differences amongst us. You're right, these differences are important, provide a place for learning, and are very interesting. Taking the time out to appreciate these attributes is important.