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I read the story of Mads Ambrose. I found it interesting that as soon as Mads got out their hometown, they felt like they were ready to come out as queer. I guess you realize that maybe people you grew around or the environment itself won't be as accepting as the people in Portland. They found an waxing salon which felt like a safe place to not have awkward conversations thrown at you like, "who's your boyfriend". It was sad to hear that many Trans-people can't go many places  and feel comfortable. It makes me feel like we aren't doing a good enough job creating safe spaces and hearing stories of these individuals.  Their experiences are similar to what's being discussed in Lefevor article by also mentioning how out genderqueer individuals feel. (Lefevor) It states, " express their affirmed gender, they may continue to be misperceived and misgendered". Comparing to Mads story, they are misgendered and even discriminated against in a "harsh w...

When people say disaggregate data, what is happening is that the data itself is being put in sub-categories. It brings forward things that may not be seen in an aggregate data set. When we look at Asian American and Pacific Islander, it’s important to have as many categories needed to have good representation as what they identify as. For example, in the video “Adam Ruins Everything – How America Created the ‘Model Minority’ Myth”, Computer felt misrepresented as he was called “the smart Asian neighbor”. He explains that he is actually Korean American and also loves frisbee. Disaggregate data is important because instead of grouping all Asians and Pacific Islanders in ONE big group. We are able to see the different and many racial ethnicities. They also show the data accurately represented numbers and statistics. And if we decide not to use this way, with aggregate data you’re only giving a single number and it represents a larger data set. Without good representation, individuals and ...

      This week we talked about environmental racism, adoption, and health inequality. First of, environmental racism is linked to health inequality because of the main reason of those in low-income areas doesn't have access to the care they need to live comfortably.  Structural racism includes housing discrimination, racism, poverty, and unequal and discriminatory treatment in the medical system. In lecture, it was said that depending on the race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and health disparities vary. For example, in the COVID-19 pandemic, African Americans are more likely to have greater risk in health due to the racism that lives within the health care system. In the article, "Racism is a Serious Threat to the Public's Health," they state that, "racial and ethnic minority groups experience higher rates of illness and deaths across a wide range of health conditions" (CDC, 2021). Low-income black communities are often situated near hazardous areas that...

    When most people think about the wealth between white people and people of color, they would first think of the pay. Depending on their job, they are paid in different wages. But it's not just dependent on their job, it is also by their gender. People seem to forget that the system wasn't made to appeal to the likes of people of color. Black people specifically were given many disadvantages like little to none job opportunities, worse schooling systems, lower income residential area, etc. In the Adam Ruins Everything video titled, " The Disturbing History of the Suburbs", Adam says the red area which was essentially the African Americans/Black People (CollegeHumor, 2017) "had far less ability to build wealth and many remain trapped in poverty". While white people were given a chance to accumulate their wealth and afford to take their children to high and prestige schools the people of color had a harder time without wealth to move into the better areas a...