Privilege Walking Reflection

The activity of privilege walk from first class impressed me a lot. It was part of our discussing about the privilege aspect of the health disparities. When thinking of health disparities, I used to automatically link that to the geographical area of the world. Though from some of my volunteer work for helping local communities by helping the homeless people, I realized that people from the same area may experience difficulty access to health care services due to finical situation, I barely realized that privilege has played such an important role in health disparities. Privilege may include different aspects too, such as family finical background and personal health condition. I was shocked by the result of the privilege walk and I was so

I was so amazed that I used to think I understand my classmates so well since we have spent almost 2 years’ time together. Without this privilege walk, I might still feel everybody was from the similar background. When interacting with patients in the future, I should be aware that they may have their own life stories that effect their health and decision making. I will try to understand my patients and treat them as a whole with the consideration of their life difficulties and stress. One student stood on the back of the main group after the walk said that he seldom complained anything because that didn’t do anything good to him and others. He just kept an optimistic attitude toward the difficulties in life. The other student stand in front of the main group after the walk said that he didn’t think anyone should stop working hard just because of the privilege he had. It was so inspiring to hearing from all the positive views from my peers. When life become stressful, I tend to complain to my friends and family to relief the stress, but after hearing from my classmates, I realized that I should stop complaining and always hold a positive attitude toward