Socioeconomic And Racial Differences

Removing Henrietta’s cells without her consent seems to be a very rare scenario and this can tell how the medical community mistreats the Black Americans. A woman of black America origin, Rebecca Skloot managed to surface other different stories of maltreatment directed to the African American community. Blacks in America were taken as people with unequal rights even in a situation like this that talked about right to life. She explained horrific experiences on experimentation of African Americans, stories that were enhanced by fear seen in Henrietta’s relatives refusing to visit hospitals even for necessary treatment. In this regard, the paper will give a response to the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.

For our second variable of race, researchers noted that individuals were more attracted to faces that were similar to themselves; in this case, these images were morphed with the photo of the participants to assure similarity (Hungr & Hunt, 2012). Another research found that similar faces to the participants, even when they were not manipulated, appeared as more friendly and likeable to participants (Zebrowitz et al., 2007). In our study, the opposite was observed where participants rated racially incongruent targets as marginally more likeable compared to participants congruent to the targets, however this was only the case in the non-college descriptions. Participants in the Mount Holyoke description did not have a significant difference

That is not paranoia. It is our historical legacy and a present fact…” (P.4 Vanessa Northington Gamble). This means that throughout history people value more of one race compared to the other race, which is sad but true. African Americans living at that time was brainwashed by society that their lives aren’t equal but less worth compared to the White people.

The results, much like the pain diagnosis and treatment disparity studies, are mixed. For example, a recent study by Oliver et al. evaluated the extent to which physician racial bias, explicit or implicit, determined whether they would recommend a total knee replacement (TKR) for Black patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis (OA). African Americans are diagnosed for OA at a higher rate than Whites yet TKR treatment rates are consistently lower. Participating physicians in the study were presented with a mock clinical case study featuring a photo of either an older White or Black man and instructed to fill out a questionnaire assessing whether the fictitious patient would be an ideal candidate for TKR.

The racial segregation that we see today is less overt than the segregation of the mid twentieth century. Its effects, however, are very real. In almost all cases, segregation gives majority racial groups advantages in the economic, social, and physical realms. Dumas (2015) refers to these advantages as race effects that

The Golden Rule says to treat others the same way one would want to be treated. The Golden Rule can be achieved when equality and Civil Rights are being used between a group of people. An example is when a person is treated unfairly. Instead of attacking the other person they would try and solve it peacefully knowing that physical actions are unnecessary choices that will only make problems worse. The ideas of equality are neutral choices or actions set on two groups or more.

Race is an issue. Our culture tries to pretend that it’s not, but our minds can’t help but compare the people with the stereotypes. It’s easy to identify yourself based on your race, but it’s even easier to pre-judge others. Our race has nothing to do with potential, with success or with what a person is capable of. What can we do to fix this injustice is to raise awareness and give people knowledge that we shouldn 't judge people based on their race.

ARTICLE REVIEW 2- THE MORAL HAZARD MYTH The article mainly emphasizes about the uninsured population in America and the reasons behind the lack of insurance for almost forty five million people. Author states about the research conducted by two Harvard university researchers, and according to them the reason for lack of coverage for these forty five million people is that they cannot afford health insurance implies medical services in America are high expensive and almost one- third of uninsured people are below poverty line. But, according to Bush’s administration plan in their economic report stated that almost one half are uninsured because of their choice which can be challenged based on the research conducted but Harvard researchers.

There was one student at the University of Oklahoma that was treated with disrespect and inferiority because of how he looked and how he acted. The poor conditions for blacks in schools under the “Separate but equal” doctrine caused the NAACP to file 5 different cases that took out segregation from schools and the Supreme Court’s decision created history. The conditions for black students were horrible and unsanitary. The ¨Separate but Equal¨ doctrine was created in 1896 to keep blacks and whites away from each other (Somervill 28).

Governance scores range from -2.5 (weak) to 2.5 (strong). Higher score values on these variables mean that the corresponding country is showing a better performance in governance. All four variables are expected to positively affect health spending efficiency. A higher voice and accountability score indicates that politicians are bound to provide better services since they know that their actions are being monitored by their constituents. Higher scores for rule of law and political stability and absence of violence or terrorism would mean that there are less risks involved in terms of the country's political and economic stability.

In the study written by, Amanda Shropshire titled “Being Black & Bleeding Blue: A Quantitative look at the Experience of African American Alumni at a Predominantly White Institution.” In the research that was conducted it was understood that there has been an observed link between the racial climate and student’s academic achievement. The research was conducted at Saint Mary’s College, which is a predominantly White institution lacking racial, ethnic and religious diversity. The research showed that due to the similarity of the student body, African American alumnae of the college endured a variety of negative experiences such as discrimination, stereotypes, and feelings of social alienation and attitudes of dissatisfaction toward the college’s diversity efforts. Not to mention, at Syracuse University minority students represent 25.4 percent of the total student population of 21,789.

Environmental racismn is something that all minorities struggle with. Some people have gone to jail over this issue. The environment people live could be unfair. “The oppression,the bigotry,and the fuckery of that argument is that it allows rich countries to continue perputrating unrealistic demands on the world poorest”. Rich countries are allowed to do whatever they want.

In this article, researchers noticed that racial disparities in health care are still prevalent in the United States and the outcome and treatments that blacks and Latinos, when compared to those of white patients, receive are as big as they were 50 years ago. The article looks at several different ways that institutions, such as the University of California, San Francisco, are introducing new methods to training programs that allow doctors in training to realize their own prejudices when working with patients. The article also discusses a 2007 Harvard study that shows that the traditional diversity training used in the 80’s and 90’s was not working and reinforces and confirms racial bias. In this study, researchers studied the disparities

Race and sociologic construction are viewed that way because sociologist believe that race is not only the color of our skin, but also how we were brought up. Our cultural differences and our environmental difference play a role on how we act. An example would be if you have a person of color, brought up in a small town with all Caucasian, that person will behave more like the Caucasian they are around. If you take a Caucasian and raise him or her in Mexico.

The most important of the vast privileges today’s generation of America has in my opinion are freedom and choice. Of course none of these would’ve been possible without blood, sweat, and tears from our soldiers. America has more than enough gifts to offer for everyone ranging from rich to poor and good to bad. Schools are great and have many advantages that other countries lack. Our veterans have given us everything we need and more so the vast majority of us can be successful.