Ben S HDFS 280 Blog

What it means when someone disaggregates data is that the data is divided into subcategories to better represent individual groups within a population. In terms of AAPI individuals, disaggregating data helps identify that there are sub groups that are covered under the umbrella term of Asian Americans for example that are nowhere near the averages that are given for the entire "Asian American" population. When we don't diseggregate data then we miss out on specific groups that suffer from the stereotypes that are set on the entire AAPI population when in reality these subgroups are very different from each other and struggle because of these high expectations set on them. I believe that AAPI families shoudl preserve their culture and not try to assimilate with American culture. However, I do see the downside in this because they will find it very dfficult to feel normal in an American made society where some of their cultural values are foreign and would set them apart fr...

Environmental racism is linked to health inequality because it is this environmental racism that ends up getting minorities sick. They are then moved to a hospital where they are not given proper treatment because of their race and end up dying in numbers that are much larger than their white counterparts. An example is living next to things suh as landfills and waste disposal areas. Microplastics then get into their local environment and are ingested or find their way into the local communities blood system in a number of ways. Chances are that the community that got stuck lving next to such an awful establishment is colored due to the biased housing market. This minority would then be likely to find themselves in the hospital because of the microplastics and get mistreated because of their skin color. Examples of health inequalities can range from low income, poor housing, and lack of insurance. All of these can have factors that affect the quality of one's health and eventually ...

 Many would say that people of color do not work as hard which leads to them having a hard time developing a steady income and acquiring wealth. Some Would believe this then creates a cycle in the culture that leaves them disadvantaged. In actuality what happens is that colored people have had laws against them that have only recently been removed that left them disadvantaged in comparison to their  white counterparts. An Oxford article states, " Yes, our own hard work and life choices matter. But as we will see in the data, these matter much less than the one big thing over which we have no control: where and when we are born." (Roser, 2013)  Since they have been disadvantaged, going to college and getting a degree that would help get a better job with more benefits, pay, and flexible hours becomes a very difficult task.  This then leaves colored people stuck in a low income household who will continue to live paycheck to paycheck and have a very difficult time gath...