Systematic injustice toward individuals or groups is called?

• A. Justice
• B. Oppression
• C. Sacrifice
• D. Alienation

Answer: (B)

Oppression is the sustained, systematic exercise of power that disadvantages certain groups. It shows up not just in individual acts but in laws, institutions, and social norms that keep people from equal rights, opportunities, and treatment. When policies, policing, housing, education, and job opportunities are shaped in ways that push people into disadvantage because of race, gender, class, or other identities, that’s oppression. Justice is about fairness and rightful treatment, but it doesn’t itself describe the power structures that produce inequality. Sacrifice is about giving something up for others, not about how society organizes power. Alienation is a feeling of isolation, which can result from oppression but isn’t itself the system. So the term that best names this sustained, systemic injustice is oppression.