AUTOETHNOGRAPHY
\nAs a human being, one will always find him or herself interacting with people at different
\nlevels and situations, however, in as much as the intentions that one has when it comes to
\ninteracting with people with the knowledge that all people are diverse (Dill & Zambrana, 2020).
\nThere are always instances that do make us as individuals react differently when we tend to see
\nother people who are in one way or the other diverse from us. In the current world that we are
\nliving in, there are different experiences that people do go through that makes one believe that
\nthe issue on equality on all aspects of life from ethnicity, race, class, gender, sexuality and many
\nmore have been happening and these inequalities usually do have the ability to shape one’s
\ngeneral life, ideas, identity, career goals and even life chances.
\nThese inequalities do have a very significant impact on people\u2019s lives and
\nunderstanding them and seeking a way to know how to deal with them is one of the most
\nimportant thing that as an individual should seek doing in any case if they are to avoid the
\nnegative effect that comes with this. In my personal life therefore, there have been many and
\ndifferent instances where I have in one way or the other encountered these kinds of inequalities
\nin my life and these have affected me in many different ways. Some of these experiences have
\nhappened to me personally while others I have observed happen to other people who are around
\nme and these specifically ended up changing my life chances, identity, ideas, career goals and
\neven my whole life in general. This paper will therefore be an auto ethnography that will
\ncapture my life experiences in the past up to the present. The paper will capture different events
\non how inequality based on the above mentioned diversities have affected my personal choices
\nin different aspects of life.
\nLooking in my past years, one of the experiences that I had with regards to race
\ninequalities was when I was in my elementary school. Since I was in a rural school the students
\nin the school were all from different races, however from the way students were being treated,
\nit was obvious that there were very big inequalities when it comes to the way in which different
\nstudents were treated based on their race. A good example of this was that, when students were
\nfound to have had disciplinary issues, in most cases the students who were black and the
\nMexicans usually found themselves getting harsh treatment compared to the other students
\nfrom other races.
\nThis was therefore something that was very bad as the administration knew exactly
\nwhat that they were doing and in most cases this was very uncomfortable watching and
\nexperiencing because even in cases when students from different races were being punished for
\nthe same disciplinary issue, the punishment or the disciplinary action was different based on
\nrace. Mostly the African American students were given harsh punishments and disciplinary
\nactions compared to the other students from other races. This kind of experiences from a young
\nage therefore shaped my life and especially on the idea of race and I have always seemed to
\nunconsciously believe that in the country race is one of the factor that might determine your
\nlife, the African American people are always considered to be marginalized and therefore they
\nmight need to work twice as hard as the other races for them to get the same opportunities and
\nneeds that they do get. This experience changed my perspective towards life and I have always
\nbelieved that the marginalized races do need our protection from the system and the need to
\nstand up for them in ensuring that the inequality is eradicated is something that is very
\nimportant to always consider and do. This experience has also to some extent shaped my career
\ngoals in a way that I have always desired to be an activist in this field advocating for the rights
\nof the people who are in most cases treated differently due to their racial differences.
\nAnother experience that I have had that has shaped my life in different ways is when it
\ncomes to class. Many experiences that I have had in my life and especially in my line of work
\nand while looking for a job have been influenced by class. There has always been a perception
\nthat people who have gone to prestigious schools and universities do have a greater probability
\nto get better jobs in the market. Therefore people who cannot afford these schools due to their
\neconomic class are always left out to see if they can get a chance in getting the other jobs that
\nare considered not to be prestigious.
\nA good example of an experience that I had with this was when I was looking for an
\ninternship, I found myself with a student from one of the most expensive and prestigious
\ncolleges in the country, in as much as I had better grades than him while being interviewed for
\nthe position, it was obvious that the economic class that he was in gave him 50% chance of him
\nbeing taken for the intern position than me. This specific company was one of the best firms in
\nthe country and I have always wished to work in the same company, however due to my
\neconomics class, I missed that chance. This therefore affected my career goals in a very
\nsignificant way. The career goals that I always had of working for the firm and getting a good
\nrecommendation letter from the same which would have helped me in acquiring even a better
\njob in another company was ruined by the fact that I was from a low economic class. This
\ninequality therefore when it comes to class is something that has not only affected me but that
\nhas also affected many other people who I am around with when it comes to the process of
\ngetting equal opportunities when it comes to jobs, schools and even getting basic rights from
\nthe government. This to a significant level does affect people\u2019s life chances by making them
\nmiss out on opportunities that they were clearly qualified for due to the fact that they are not
\nfrom a high class.
\nAnother thing that when I reflect back in my life I consider it to have had an impact
\nspecifically on my ideas and life chances of people is the inequality that comes with gender. In
\nthe past years, the issue on gender has been a thing of the past and most people have seen it to
\nhave been reduced and the issues on equality based on gender have not been reported in the
\nrecent years. However, gender in the past years has affected my career choices and even the
\nideas that I have towards certain jobs and people. A good example of an experience that I went
\nthrough that shaped me in terms of ideas that I have was when I took one of my lady friends
\nwho was a qualified professional mechanical engineer and she was called for an interview in
\none of the local automotive companies in the area. Upon reaching the company\u2019s offices, the
\nfriend was lucky to be the one who had the highest qualifications for the job and she was
\nconfident that she was going to get the job based on this. However, looking at the other
\napplicants, they were all men and looking around the company workshop there was no lady
\nworking or even supervising the work.
\nUpon asking the management about this, they said that they do prefer hiring men in the
\njob that they were offering due to the state of the activities that were to be carried out by the
\napplicants. The assumption that was made by the management was that men were more
\nmasculine and were able to deliver more when it comes to work output compared to ladies.
\nUpon hearing this it was very sad and it automatically changed my idea of workers towards that
\narea of specialty. I ended up believing that for any lady to get a job, they need to try and focus
\nmore on learning and taking course that were less masculine and in as much as this was a bad
\nthinking, it was a valid one since by deciding to do such course, one might end up struggling to
\nget a job in the field not because they are not qualified but because employers in the industry
\nprefer men for their basing and unjustified assumptions.
\nThese different experiences that I have come across in the past up to now have had a
\nvery huge impact on my life. Most of the experiences that I have had that are specifically
\nnegative when it comes to inequality based on people’s diversities have affected not only the
\nway in which I view different situations but also the way in which I tend to have ideas on
\ncertain situations and careers. These experiences have not only been the ones that I have
\nexperienced firsthand but also many of the experiences have been experienced by the people
\nthat I am close to and these have also affected me in a significant way. People that I know have
\nchanged their career goals, their life chances have been ruined and even they have had ideas
\nthat are considered not to be correct in situations and even people (Dill & Zambrana, 2020). It
\nis therefore for this reason that the need to come up with ways that would help in the process of
\nensuring that these inequalities are addressed and that people are treated the same despite their
\ndiversities is needed. It is important to always know that all people are the same and the need to
\nensure that this is cultivated in people\u2019s hearts from a lower age will specifically ensure that
\nthese kinds of identities and beliefs that people develop towards certain careers, people and
\neven situations are eradicated and reduced significantly.
\nReferences
\nDill, B. T., & Zambrana, R. E. (2020). Critical thinking about inequality: An emerging lens.
\nIn Feminist Theory Reader (pp. 108-116). Routledge.
\nhttps:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781003001201-14\/critical
\n-thinking-inequality-bonnie-thornton-dill-ruth-enid-zambrana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AUTOETHNOGRAPHY As a human being, one will always find him or herself interacting with people at different levels and situations, however, in as much as\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9033,7586,1386,7589,9034,9031,7587,7588,7584,7585,9032],"tags":[8809,7838,8811,8808,8813,8807,8806,8814,8810,8812],"class_list":["post-107899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignment-help-uae","category-best-dissertation-writing-service-in-australia","category-best-research-paper-writing-services-in-usa","category-capstone-project-writing-service","category-cheap-essay-writing-services-china","category-essay-writing-service-usa","category-legitimate-phd-dissertation-writing-services-usa","category-term-paper-writing-service","category-thesis-writing-service-in-canada","category-uae-best-dissertation-writing-help-service","category-write-my-essay-australia","tag-best-master-thesis-writing-service","tag-best-thesis-writing-services","tag-cheap-thesis-writing-services","tag-master-thesis-help","tag-master-thesis-writing-service","tag-thesis-help-online-free","tag-thesis-writing-help-online","tag-thesis-writing-services-cost","tag-thesis-writing-services-near-me","tag-thesis-writing-services-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}