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Education and Feeling 575

31Oct 2024January 24, 2025

A time I felt a strong reaction to someone is when someone in my communication class was making a presentation for why transgender athletes should not be able to compete with the gender in which they transitioned too. It happened Read More …

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Education 575

25Oct 2024January 24, 2025

In the future, I hope to develop intervention policies aimed at reducing social inequality, dismantling barriers, and enhancing access to early educational opportunities. I firmly believe that intervening at the earliest stages is often underestimated and undervalued. Yet, the formative Read More …

April GReflectionsclass, education, race, unequalLeave a comment

Poem 575

18Oct 2024December 19, 2024

Resistance is justified when people are occupied,You often hear this line,To describe genocide,It would have been bantered in the 40s,When the lives of our Jewish Brothers and Sisters,Were stolen. Resistance is justified when people are occupied,Unless they are of Arab-descent,Or Read More …

April GPoemsnation/nationality/ethnicity, race, religionLeave a comment

Family 575

02Oct 2024October 2, 2024

Growing up in a mixed liberal and conservative household, it was a challenge to learn where I fall and how I identify, especially as a developing young adult. There was confusion around how my immigrant parents practice the preservation of Read More …

April GReflectionsclass, family, gender, religionLeave a comment

Social Mobility… The American Dream 575

02Oct 2024October 2, 2024

My family was sold on the American Dream before they even immigrated here. Back in Lebanon, they were told about how amazing this country was, how they would have the limitless opportunities here to grow financially and professionally. They were Read More …

April GReflectionsfamily, ideology, nation/nationality/ethnicityLeave a comment

Social Mobility 575

26Sep 2024September 26, 2024

My family’s experience with social mobility is extremely unique. Alike many immigrants, they came to this country with nothing. My grandpa had to work many years to even be able to bring his family here from Lebanon. After coming here, Read More …

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Other inequalities 575

25Sep 2024September 25, 2024

One thing I wish I could write about in social inequality is access to healthcare services, especially mental health care. There are many groups that are discriminated against, oppressed, under resourced, and underprivileged to the point where their health and Read More …

April GReflectionsdisabilities, family, other, race

Power 380

16Sep 2024January 24, 2025

During a time, I felt I had power was when I was 15 years old. I am only a teenage girl who just got her hands on her first ever phone. I was not allowed to have one before, but Read More …

April GReflectionsfamily, feelingsLeave a comment

Intersectionality 575

16Sep 2024

In the United States, gender, sexual orientation, class and race or ethnicity (G,SO,C,R,E) are strong identity markers and are also axes of inequality.  Which of these aspects of your identity is strongest? How would you describe it and why do you Read More …

April GReflectionsnation/nationality/ethnicity, race, religion, unequalLeave a comment

Last Meal 575

04Sep 2024September 4, 2024

The last meal I ate was a iced latte and croissant from a coffee shop near my work (the total was $12 which is crazy for a coffee and a pastry). It wasn’t served/prepared in anything, but when I got Read More …

April GReflectionsclass, other, place, unequalLeave a comment

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