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Jamison shows empathy throughout the reading by looking past the surface level understanding of how people suffer from Morgellons. Jamison is able to see the world through the patients’ perspectives and understand that people may not believe in their condition, but Jamison does. Though most doctors diagnose people with Morgellons as “Delusions of parasitosis” (DOP), Jamison doesn’t doubt their pain compared to a world that refuses to accept their suffer. Throughout the reading, Jamison talks about her experience and conversations…

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In the text, “The Sexual Assault Epidemic That No One Is Talking About” by Aviva Stahl, the author is telling stories about Iffat and the multiple assaults they encountered being a Muslim woman wearing a Hijab in public. In the text it says, “Across Europe and other parts of the Global North, research gas consistently shown that women are the primary victims of the Islamophobic discrimination as well as violent attacks.”(331) Women are often viewed as weak and unlikely to…

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In the text, Valasquez-Manoff explains how race is looked at differently in Hawaii compared to the mainland. In Hawaii there is a large amount of diversity, with a bigger population of people who have moved there from different places around the world. “The campus was clearly diverse, but I quickly realized the assumption underlying my fieldwork was fatally flawed. Here I was trying to discern ancestry, but how was I to know anyone’s background just by looking, particularly in a…

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In the text, Gay is describing the different types of Feminists and how they are perceived. When people title themselves as a feminist most people think they are talking about the stereotypical Feminist that, hates men, don’t cater to the male gaze, and focuses on their career they are perceived totally different. This label holds so much power. Most people believe in the things feminist believe in but don’t label themselves as one. The actual label of being a feminist…

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The term Neurodivergent can come off as more extreme meaning to some people. Neurodivergent people can be someone who is closely related to you or someone you may not think would have a learning problem. In Temple Grandin’s article, they explain how the world is set up against people with these learning conditions. “Still, many aspects of our society are not set up to allow visual thinkers- which so many of us neurodivergent folks are- to thrive.” Personally, I have…

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