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The passage, “Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of Americans, most of them white.” This once again relates to abstract topic number 3 because it shows how the poor has to sell to the rich to get rich, and how only the rich can really afford different medicines.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/upshot/race-and-medicine-the-harm-that-comes-from-mistrust.amp.html talks about how different races recieve different types of of serive. This relates to abstract topic 3 because it shows the difference between systems that are supposed to be equal.

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Another oassage that I came across that relates to abstract topic number 3 is, “Only people that can get any good from my mother cells os the people that got money, and whoever selling them cells - they get rich off our mother and we get nothing...All those damn people didn’t deserve her help as far as I’m concerned.” The passage states how only rich people benefited from Heniretta’s cells. Henrietta was poor so you would think that the seller’s would make the medicines affordable, however this passage makes the reader believe that they were sold for an arm and leg, hence that the seller’s got rich off selling them and that only the rich could afford them.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.harveker.com/blog/13-biggest-differences-rich-poor/amp/ talks about abstract topic #3. It bluntly talks about the differences of the rich and poor ranging from work ethic and personality.

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Continuing with the abstract topic of alienation of race, class, or creed, I came across the passage, “John Hopkins didn’t give us no information bout nothing. That was the bad part. Not the sad part, but the bad part, cause I dont know if they didn’t give is information because they was making money out of it or if they was just wanting to keep us in the dark about it. I think they made money out of it, cause they was selling her cells all over the world and shipping them for dollars.” While I was reading this, I thought that it was because of both; that they wanted to keep them in the dark BECAUSE they were making money off of Henrietta’s cells. They saw Henrietta’s family as a poor black family and knew that if they knew everything then they would try to get the money that they were making off of Henrietta’s cells.

Another article that I found that relates to abstract topic number 3 is, https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/feb/06/female-firefighter-files-gender-discrimination-lawsuit/ , this talks about how a female firefighter was forced to share a room with 2 rude and condescending men that worked with her. She had asked to sleep in a tent because she felt uncomfortable with sleeping with 2 men, but was forced to anyway.

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As I was reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, I came across the passage that said, “Can you tell me what my mama’s cells really did?...I know they did something important, but nobody tells us nothing.” This relates to the abstract topic of alienation of race and class. Henrietta cells were used and still are used to make different medicines. However, the white scientists and doctors refused to tell her black children what they were actually being used for. This gives the reader the impression that the scientists and doctors felt as though they didn’t need to tell her children anything because they didn’t want them to benefit from that thoe of information or try to get something from it.

To relate to the topic of alienation if class and race, I found the article, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.heraldtribune.com/business/20200127/less-than-half-of-americans-feel-that-reducing-economic-inequality-is-top-priority%3ftemplate=ampart online. This article talks about how 62% of Americans see that there is inequality between the different classes and that 67% of those people believe thay major changes need to occur and that 14% believes that the whole system needs to be rebuilt.

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As I was reading, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, I came across the passge, “The white Lackes know their kin all buried in here with ours cause they family. They know it, but they’ll never admit it. They just say, “Them black Lackes, they aint kin!”” This related to alienation of race and class because it shows how even the family seperated. The white half of the famoly dont claim the black half as family because of their skin color and because of their lack of money.

An example of this is https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-sanders-endorsed-by-labor-leader-accused-of-race-age-discrimination/amp/ , this shows how the co-president of a company was found discriminating against people based on age and race. It also shows the backlash that they got from that.

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As I was reading, I found ideas in the book that related to the abrast topic number 3, alienation because of gender, race, class, or creed. In, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the text says, “Hopkins was one of the top hospitals in the country. It was built in 1889 as a charity hospital for the sick and poor...she led her through a single door to a colored-only exam room...” Based on this quote I notice how the hospital was specifically made to keep the poor from the rich and the black from the white.

Another source that shows this topic is, https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/02/tech/twitter-fake-account-anti-semitic-new-york-attacks/index.html , it shows how african americans and jewish people were alienated and oit against eachother because of a post.

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This piece is the perfect example of high art. When I look at this piece I see a group of people in their most natural yet rare state: happy and unbothered by the injustices of the world. I especially like the lack of color which points out the deep dark secrets they hold within.

Eng Wing (at Avondale High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Vr7-FA5h9/?igshid=1nbcnul396kds

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This piece shows the unity of nature and humanity. It also shows how human and animal are neither obove or below eachother. I like how the visual has both the human and animal on common ground and how they protrayed both beings to be comfortable with eachother.

haven

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This piece is an excellent piece. It not only looks great it also inexplicitly promotes feminism. In each of these well put together artworks it shows a women in a role that would usually be of a man. It also includes different nationalities and races of women which also shows that not just one race or gender can do something better than another.

Inktober 2019 artworks by pinktofu_art

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When people see this piece they see a beautiful model, with clear skin and great hair. I like this piece because it shows the real life of a glamorous model. In the last 3 pictures you see her, looking gorgeous with her clear, perfect skin, but in the first picture she looks stressed. However in the other pictures she hides that stress. The stress of having to be perfect, look perfect, maintain a perfect weight, and keep up with her voluminous hair.

There’s a Perfect place in my arms I can keep you

shot by: www.instagram.com/phillyrocket

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This piece of art is an example of natural photography. It captures the purity of the world around us that we unknowingly neglect. I like this piece because it shows the beauty of one of the “unhumanized” parts of the Earth. It shows the different moods of mother nature symbolized in the different colors of the leaves, sizes of the trees, and the thicknesses of branches.

Autumn walk

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What Do I Want From My Education ?

From my education I want success. Not just success in terms of completing school and getting a job, I want success of defying the odds. I want my education to help people see that not all African Americans fall into a stereotype. I want my education to show that I am more than just another number on a chart or paper.