Social Justice Issues In Celia's Love For Shug

Another social justice issue that is brought up in the book is homosexuality. It is not touched on greatly but is has a strong impact on Celia. During the book, Celia falls in love with a female lounge singer named Shug Avery. Shug is a very important person to Celia, not just because Celia falls in love with her because she helps Celia gain the confidence to stick up for herself and leave Mr. Looking at this scene social work perspective, some might believe that Celia fell in love with Shug because she afraid of men. However, reading the book Celia’s love for Shug seems genuine. Celia identifies as a lesbian, not because she picked to love Shug but because her body responds to Shug. For example, Celia body tingles whenever she is around Shug. These sexual responses are the feeling that other women feel when they are around men. Also, Celia is very jealous of Shug love for Mr, and her husband Albert that she marries halfway through the book These examples are why social workers would conclude that Celia was born a lesbian, not just a women who decides she is a lesbian because she is afraid of men (Walker, 1982). Another important aspect of social justice that this book touched up was economic justice. Growing up Celia had to rely on her father and husband to buy her things. When she married Mr. she worked on the farm day and night when she was not tending to the kids, household chores, or cooking. Even though she worked hard she did not receive any wage because she was working on the family farm. Any money the farm made went right into Mr. pocket’s.