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Power, Privilege, And Responsibility is Education
Imagine what the world will be like without education. Malcolm X states that “without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.” People think they will get through life without education, but little do they know the importance of it. Educated individuals have power because they are able to understand complex info and are more informed to prevent being taken advantage of. It is also a privilege because not everyone has access to education and those who do have education get better treatment. Education is a responsibility because educated people have to act fairly and honestly. Don Cardinal did a speech about “Appreciating Your Privilege, Embracing Your Responsibility,” therefore …show more content…

Trust is power” (Cardinal 4). Skloot shows how education is power throughout the whole book. One of the ways that was shown how education is power is by Deborah who lacked in education because she says, “when I go to the doctor for my checkups I always say my mother was Hela…” (Skloot 9). Deborah at a young age left school in the sixth grade to go help in the field but then she ended up going to school and barely finished high school. She hardly understood anything because she was practically deaf and had a difficult life at home. The only reason why she barely finished was because Bobbette, a very close family told her “I don’t care what you do, but you get an education, cause that’s your only hope” (Skloot 116). Second reason why she lacked in power was because she does not really know anything about her mother except that her mother was used in the science world. Deborah must rely on Skloot for information because Skloot understands the scientific terms unlike her. The third reason why she lacked in power was because Deborah does not know who to trust. Before she met Skloot, a man name Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield came trying to help the Lacks family by informing them what Hopkins did with their mother cells, but things ended up bad. The attorney of Hopkins told the Lacks family who Cofield was, he was a man who got out of prison, lying about who he was saying he was a lawyer and a doctor, so he

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