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Megan Phelps-Roper was a very objective oriented person in the sense that her entire life was devoted to her church and its messages, which were very radical. Being brought up from a young age surrounded by strong opinions of hate makes it nearly impossible to change your point of view even in the slightest. Megan …
This article is very interesting and the thing that stuck with me the most was the relation between the disability movement and the homosexual, racial and womens movements. A lot has changed since 1968, when Joseph Fletcher wrote an article for the Atlantic that was quoted saying “there was no reason to feel guilty about …
Questions How do you view people with opposing viewpoints? IH How do you manage your emotions when having a discussion with someone with an opposing view? Do you go out of your way to interact with people outside of your comfort zone? Do you think that understanding someones point of view on a topic/where they …
Intellectual humility is a very interesting concept and I believe that it is something everyone regardless of background should do their best to develop. Intellectual humility consists of having an open mind, regardless of one’s opinion on a topic, and doing your best to understand any opposing opinions with the possibility of being wrong. The …
pt 1 I think Jamison is practicing empathy here by putting herself in the Morgellons patients shoes. I think that due to her past personal experience with the topic she is more than qualified to do so. Jamison relates her experiences of actually having a bug growing under her skin and the insanity it caused …
Throughout this article, we got the chance to take a look at Nguyen’s back and forth with categorization, how it affected her from the time she was in grade school throughout her professional career. For most of the article, Nguyen seemed prideful in her “unique” name, not letting the opinion of others really affect her. …
This article shows how different populations respond to race and how perspective can change one’s view on race as a whole. I found this article extremely interesting. The author did a fantastic job painting a picture of the state of racism in America through her studies and research. One piece of information that was huge …
