Today in the five-minute article presentations, I learned so many new things and we discussed about topics that were so informative. One article brought up the discussion on housing privilege and privileges in general. We discussed how many white privileged people have such great outcomes in their careers and life, but we shouldn’t ignore the fact that they put in a lot of hard work into their careers. However, how do we know that other people aren’t working hard as well (maybe harder), but don’t get the same outcome as them? I began to ponder within myself on this question too. This question is so awakening because I see in many people all the hard work they have put into their studies, but don’t get to be in their top choice university, in the top program, or in the top position at their job. It amazes me how different people are based on their background or race. Everyone works hard and others don’t, but it really depends on the starting point of people. We discussed in class that people have a much greater head start in life, making opportunities and privileges so abundant to them and almost handed while other people may not have that head start like in my case: I am a first generation student, so I didn’t get the head start as other peers of mine who had parents that went to high school, thus I had to struggle to be where I am today. Or another case of mine, I have to work 16+ hours a week for my tuition because my parents can’t fully help me pay my schooling, while others don’t have to work/worry because their parents can afford tuition. It is all about the head start of people and that is why people may not have such luxuries in life, especially housing. Connecting to this, in another article we also discussed how housing is not seen as a human right rather a privilege in this country. I was amazed by this because I myself did not see it this way until I took this course. I always knew in my heart that I always wanted for people to have a roof over their head, but I didn’t strongly feel about it until now. Housing deserves to be a human right for the sake of our fellow human beings. People shouldn’t be burdened with worry of where to sleep because of inequity. There are so many circumstances and unpredictable life changes that people can go through that shouldn’t be seen as privileges. We shouldn’t be so prejudice, but instead have compassion for everyone and create change to the housing situation we have now. Housing can provide so much health and stability for people that it deserves to be a human right. I can see this because of the tours we have gone and encountering people along the course of this program. this program has impacted my perspective on my community.
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