If one thing has stayed with me from elementary school its Jennifer reciting “Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.”. At the time, it hurt my feelings because I had a huge crush on her, but looking back on it now, that really is the most discriminated I have ever felt. I have lived a very privileged life. Growing up as a healthy white heterosexual male I was given lots of privileges. Aside from playful teasing on the playground I have never felt real discrimination based on my race or gender. I’m not saying my whole live has been a breeze but some things seem to come easy.
Privileges
One privilege I’ve been blessed with is I have never struggled to find jobs and secede in the workplace. I got my first job at the age of 15 as a handy man. With very little experience in trade skills I get a job fixing up houses. After about 2 years working as a handyman I felt …show more content…
The United States are home to countless food deserts and swamps. According to the USDA, a food desert is a low-income community with a substantial number of residents that have little access to fresh food. The USDA defines a food swamp as a place where unhealthy foods are more readily available than healthy foods. Food swamps generally have more fast food restaurants, then deserts, but both are affected by fast food chains. A recent article published by the Health & Place journal observed a connection between fast food and neighborhoods. They found that food deserts and swamps are more common among areas with higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation. In their experiment, they also observed as restaurants and food stores decreased the percentage of neighborhood fast food chains increased. Basically, people in the lower-class communities don’t have the option of healthy fresh food because they are likely to live in a food swamp or
Privileges
One privilege I’ve been blessed with is I have never struggled to find jobs and secede in the workplace. I got my first job at the age of 15 as a handy man. With very little experience in trade skills I get a job fixing up houses. After about 2 years working as a handyman I felt …show more content…
The United States are home to countless food deserts and swamps. According to the USDA, a food desert is a low-income community with a substantial number of residents that have little access to fresh food. The USDA defines a food swamp as a place where unhealthy foods are more readily available than healthy foods. Food swamps generally have more fast food restaurants, then deserts, but both are affected by fast food chains. A recent article published by the Health & Place journal observed a connection between fast food and neighborhoods. They found that food deserts and swamps are more common among areas with higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation. In their experiment, they also observed as restaurants and food stores decreased the percentage of neighborhood fast food chains increased. Basically, people in the lower-class communities don’t have the option of healthy fresh food because they are likely to live in a food swamp or