Mandela draws a crucial moral distinction that shifts the entire burden of responsibility: poverty isn't something the fortunate may graciously alleviate, but rather an injustice we're obligated to correct—a difference that separates optional kindness from moral duty. When we treat anti-poverty work as charity, we position the poor as supplicants dependent on our generosity, but justice reframes it as restoring what was wrongfully taken or withheld in the first place. A practical example: when a city debates raising the minimum wage, framing it as "charity for workers" invites cost-benefit arguments about what employers can afford, whereas framing it as justice acknowledges that labor itself has been undercompensated—suddenly the moral weight shifts entirely. This reorientation explains why Mandela spent his life demanding structural change rather than merely supporting relief organizations.