How do I recognize when a system is treating me unfairly versus just being inconvenient?

Sor Juana spent her life documenting the difference—and it matters because convenience and injustice feel different in your body and your options. Unfairness has a pattern: it blocks you repeatedly based on who you are, not what you did. A long line at the DMV is inconvenient. A policy that makes it harder for people like you to access what others get easily—that's systemic. Ask yourself: Am I facing this barrier alone, or do others who share my identity face it too? Does the rule get enforced differently depending on who's asking? Is there a written reason, or just "that's how it works"? When you start seeing the pattern instead of the one-off problem, you've found the real issue. Write it down. Talk to someone else in your position. You're not being paranoid—you're being precise. That precision is how unfairness becomes visible enough to address.