Blog Post 9 (03/13/22)

Hello, 

This week the material was health inequality, environmental racism, and transnational and transracial adoption. I will discuss the material readings, listenings, and movies that was provided. 

One of the readings for the past week and topic was an article by the CDC. As we all know and experienced the pandemic a few years ago and that continues to go on, the CDC was mentioning the affects of health factors on all races primarily for the height of COVID. The data they spoke upon showed that ethnic or racial minorities have higher rates of sickness/illness. Most of the illnesses were diabetes, obesity, asthma, and heart diseases or conditions. This is a well known fact in for many reasons and mostly biological but also sociological facts can contribute. We did discuss in the class period from videos and power points the fact of food deserts in areas where minorities are located. This is sociological affect seeing as they truly do not have easy access and with lack of resources and money it is hard to survive. 

This also touches upon the environmental racism. More examples of this are the garbage and pollution dumps being purchased and located near primarily black neighborhoods. This is due to the land being cheaper and more run down areas so it is perfect for a dumping ground. Unfortunately this dumping ground is typically placed next to these poor neighborhoods that was more than likely created by segregation and redlining.

As for transracial adopting, 40% of children adopted in the USA are of a different race, ethnicity, or background than the adoptee parents. This is a common thing and you see it everyday. Most people know of or personally know an adopted child and 40% of the time they are a different race. My family adopted a young boy from Haiti and he was a black boy into a white family which is common for many adoptions. My family made sure he was welcome, open to talk, and asked various questions and celebrated his haitian culture quite often. 

Reference List:

Associate, C. B. S. C., Berkovitz, C., Associate, S. C., Vallas, R., Taylor, J., Stettner, S. W. and A., Berkovitz, C., Vallas, — B. R., Taylor, — B. J., & Foundation, — B. T. C. (2020, May 19). Environmental racism has left black communities especially vulnerable to covid-19. The Century Foundation. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://tcf.org/content/commentary/environmental-racism-left-black-communities-especially-vulnerable-covid-19/?agreed=1&session=1

Atkins, N.D. (2021). HDFS 280: Defining Family & Diversity [Lecture notes Week 5]. Retrieved from                       http://mycourses.purdue.edu

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, November 24). Racism and health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/racism-disparities/index.html

Sensoy, & DiAngelo, R. J. (2017). Is everyone really equal? : an introduction to key concepts in social         justice education (Second edition.). Teachers College Press.

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