I enjoyed Dixion’s writing more than the previous authors’ works as I found it to be less theoretical and easier to follow. More simplistic language and formation of ideas allows thoughts and opinions to be better accessed and understood by a greater demographic of people. As Dixion’s work focuses on the importance of accessibility and understanding between patients and healthcare, I believe that her formation of language is powerful and indicative of her message.<\/p>\n
I found myself tying in Dixion’s ethnographic research with Shange’s, as both discussed how larger institutional infrastructure worked to address social and racial issues within their respective spheres, yet failed to do so, sometimes harming those they were trying to support. Educational policies and officials, while trying to implement advocation of racial equality, unintentionally emphasized racist undertones within the classroom. Similarly, Dixion demonstrates that while healthcare institutions work to make such healthcare more accessible to patients – specifically pregnant mothers – they are actually reducing their healthcare options through a conditioning of ideas.<\/p>\n
I think this portrays the imbalance in power dynamics and the inability of institutional officials to accurately represent and respond to the needs of the less privileged. Who is deciding what these mothers really need? Why are these mothers not given a voice? How can true representation occur if needs are not being vocalized from the source itself? These issues may arise from professionals and officials believing certain demographics of people are not educated or experienced enough to speak for themselves. Even if so, there should be approaches implemented to make sure that the patients understand the problems at hand and how they can best address them for their own health and safety. Thus, the question is: How can underprivileged demographics be best represented and given a voice?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I enjoyed Dixion’s writing more than the previous authors’ works as I found it to be less theoretical and easier to follow. More simplistic language and formation of ideas allows thoughts and opinions to be better accessed and understood by … Continue reading