The Hidden

4 Ways You Might be Displaying Hidden Bias in Everyday life People go through day in and day out making decisions big and small, but when it comes down to it are those choices bias? As we grow up our parents and the people around us start to mold our choices; they start to teach us what is good and bad in the world. Sometimes determined by their standards and sometimes just because that is how it is in the world. The research has showed that deep within all of us there is bias; even though we…

I choose the article “Hidden Epidemic: Tapeworms Living Inside People’s Brains” by Carl Zimmer. I picked this particular article because I thought it was interesting to learn about the effects tapeworms can have on a person’s brain and the things tapeworms can cause that people do not usually hear about. This relates to the class because we talked about tapeworms and their effects on humans. We also talked about how people get them and how long they can stay in the body. In maryland, a doctor…

The chapter “Hidden Intellectualism”, apart of the book They Say I Say by both Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. This chapter within the book suggests that education systems need to revamp the way they view street smarts and what is an actual “intellectual”. Within the passage Gerald Graff has several points to support this claim . One thing brought to attention within the text is that schools and colleges tend to believe that the only subjects viable for academic and intellectual life is…

are only 36% of the population. This means 64% of the population being minorities are actually the majority when stacked up together. This means that society is missing out on 64% of its potential workforce and intellectuals. Cases such as those in Hidden Figures, the potentials of the three main characters were missed for so long due to the racial and social biases held by the “majority”. The effect on society is that society is deliberately holding itself back by refusing to recognize the…

school smarts they leave out other subjects that students have high interest in. Automotive, Music, video games, and sports all of these play a role in schools, but aren’t peered into because they aren’t seen as academic by society. In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” he writes about these issues and if we exploit more of the interest of the students it would make it easier for them to succeed in school. Everyone has a different interest just like how each person does…

we have the power to change culture into a more just society for women. Power is a very important aspect in a society and it determines who is going to be more superior. Power produces domination and therefore it creates and destroys. In the movie Hidden Figures, it deals with how cultural ideologies of male dominance are practiced in a society that leads to discrimination and women injustice. Black women in the movie are shown as minorities that are not privileged or treated equal to men. It…

Behind the Hidden Mask It is commonly believed that the person who the cyberbullying is directed towards is the only victim; however, that is not true. Like many in society, the attacker hides behind the mask of the crime, attempting to cover his or her own pain, insecurities, and desires to possess what the victim has. The victimization of the attacker drives the act of cyberbullying and results in the production of a new victim. The attacker is able to hide behind the screen of technology and…

Article Five: Article five of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that torture, cruel, degrading, or inhumane punishments are not allowed in any country that agrees to uphold the document. After watching the three parts of “The Hidden Face of Globalization,” it is clear that female factory workers in Bangladesh do not enjoy this right. The harsh conditions the factory supervisors impose to meet deadlines include severe sleep deprivation, physical abuse (punching and slapping), and…

Hidden Costs of DIY Round-the-Clock Care When a family member sees their loved one is in need of round-the-clock in home health care, it’s generally instinct for them to want to provide the care themselves. Potentially, they may also think they’ll be saving money from the cost of a professional to do so too. There are several factors that may be hard to see when confronted with this difficult choice though. When one is in this position, they have to take into account not only their loved one’s…

Percitience is the key to succsses. The movie Hidden Figures is about Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. These women serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world. Dorothy wants to be the supervisor of the computers. She keeps pushing through…