Addressing Autobiography
Addressing Autobiography
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The book, Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment, by Leticia Nieto and his associates, documents how societies have social rank systems, which consist of 9 distinct categories. The categories enable people to be aware of who they are as individuals, as well as the privilege that they may or may not possess. However, Nieto’s rank category that has an impact on my life as a person is disability. I experience severe latex allergies that prevent me from being like other human beings. While disability can have distinct meanings, ranging from mental, physical, and others that are invisible, a disabled person might be a target for people who may demean them, thereby making it challenging to interact with other members of society. According to Nieto et al. (49), “In the drama of human interactions, we observe Status play – a kind of performance. It can be changed by choice, can be predictable, and is central to our enjoyment of story and humor.” For that reason, loss of ability, among humans, can affect the human experience. Hence, people who have not lost an ability like hearing, eating, and sight cannot understand the experiences of people with disabilities. People with disabilities want their conditions recognized. For them to feel like part of the society, they want other members of the society, who have not experienced disability, to acknowledge their loss of able-ness and understand that they have the invisible privilege. Another rank, which I feel I like am not part of is the rank of social class culture. Individuals within the social class culture tend not to have a stable living condition and also lack access to education. As such, people found within this class have little to say when in social institutions, a state that makes them feel ignored by the upper members of the society. Nieto et al. (52) state that when a person is in that state, they “may feel like oneness with all beings; it may feel like the enduring natural world.” While I am an agent for social class culture, it does not mean that I have adequate financial resources. It only means that I can access distinct institutions and that I also have social class influence.
Work Cited
Nieto, Leticia, et al. Beyond inclusion, beyond empowerment: A developmental strategy to liberate everyone. Cuetzpalin, 2010.
