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Using the example of marketing Norplant, Roberts describes how racial controversy is linked to experimenting Norplant on women with different ethnicity. |
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Although the idea of Norplant helped reduce teen pregnancy within a period of 5 years, it created a racial segregation when Norplant started marketing to the poor black women. It states that "Proposals designed to reduce the number of children born to poor parents are an attempt to fend off this threat to white people's welfare, a threat that is specifically Black" (Roberts, 112). Due to this statement in Robert's book, it shows the privilege and inequality between race and class ranking in the society. This refers to the hierarchy of gender. |
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Revision as of 00:26, 30 November 2013
After looking through many wikipedia pages on the topic and terms that we talked about in class, I came to a conclusion to what topic I would like to contribute to. I am interested in adding more information to the Norplant wikipedia page. It seems like there's not much specific information on that topic so I want to add onto what they already have. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norplant
Nov. 20, 2013 In Side Effects section: There are also rare instances of stroke and heart attack. Some people experience pain and infection at the area where Norplant was inserted.
Nov. 21, 2013 In Side Effects section, These side effects are irreversible once the hormones are inserted into the body.
Nov. 26, 2013 In Dorothy Roberts: Using the example of marketing Norplant, Roberts describes how racial controversy is linked to experimenting Norplant on women with different ethnicity.
Nov. 29, 2013 Although the idea of Norplant helped reduce teen pregnancy within a period of 5 years, it created a racial segregation when Norplant started marketing to the poor black women. It states that "Proposals designed to reduce the number of children born to poor parents are an attempt to fend off this threat to white people's welfare, a threat that is specifically Black" (Roberts, 112). Due to this statement in Robert's book, it shows the privilege and inequality between race and class ranking in the society. This refers to the hierarchy of gender.