Looking at Connecting Lives and how a place can make and remake inequality for a person’s identity. One group of people that tend to have a negative identity would be the homeless, Jonathan Raban visited New York and noticed the negative comments homeless people would receive, they were called alcoholics, thieves and crack addicts, it is these comments that formed their overall identity known as the street people, Raban suggested the identity street people was seen as a national or tribal identity. (Raban, (1991, p.78) cited in Taylor, (2014, p.23).
Raban experimented on the street using both identities, he found that when he marched along the pavement, the street people instantly moved out of his way and described them as pieces of furniture …show more content…
One starting with Oscar Pistorius. He lost both legs as a child and runs on shock absorbing prosthetics. Due to his mechanical aid, he’s also known as ‘cyborg’ where machines and technology becomes part of the embodied self (Woodward, 2014, p. 61). In 2007 Oscar competed in two able-bodied athletics meetings. However, in 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations ruled that his prosthetics qualified as technical aid, being seen as an advantage, he failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, he was only allowed to compete in the Paralympics, this shows that rules play a part in the inequalities of disabled people participating in sport, as disabled people with mechanical aid see it as a part of their embodied self (Woodward, 2014, P. 62). Monica Vaughan, is another example of someone who was seen different because of her disability, she talks about the coverage she faced after winning five medals. Rather than focusing on her swimming ability and achievements they focused on her disability, she also mentioned that she found it hard to achieve as much as an able-bodied swimmer and at a disadvantage from the start and felt they couldn’t compete on equal terms (The Open University,
Raban experimented on the street using both identities, he found that when he marched along the pavement, the street people instantly moved out of his way and described them as pieces of furniture …show more content…
One starting with Oscar Pistorius. He lost both legs as a child and runs on shock absorbing prosthetics. Due to his mechanical aid, he’s also known as ‘cyborg’ where machines and technology becomes part of the embodied self (Woodward, 2014, p. 61). In 2007 Oscar competed in two able-bodied athletics meetings. However, in 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations ruled that his prosthetics qualified as technical aid, being seen as an advantage, he failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, he was only allowed to compete in the Paralympics, this shows that rules play a part in the inequalities of disabled people participating in sport, as disabled people with mechanical aid see it as a part of their embodied self (Woodward, 2014, P. 62). Monica Vaughan, is another example of someone who was seen different because of her disability, she talks about the coverage she faced after winning five medals. Rather than focusing on her swimming ability and achievements they focused on her disability, she also mentioned that she found it hard to achieve as much as an able-bodied swimmer and at a disadvantage from the start and felt they couldn’t compete on equal terms (The Open University,