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The Age of Dignity

Author : Ai-jen Poo
Publisher : New Press, The
ISBN 13 : 1620970465
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Dignity written by Ai-jen Poo and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Time’s 100 most influential people “shines a new light on the need for a holistic approach to caregiving in America . . . Timely and hopeful” (Maria Shriver). In The Age of Dignity, thought leader and activist Ai-jen Poo offers a wake-up call about the statistical reality that will affect us all: Fourteen percent of our population is now over sixty-five; by 2030 that ratio will be one in five. In fact, our fastest-growing demographic is the eighty-five-plus age group—over five million people now, a number that is expected to more than double in the next twenty years. This change presents us with a new challenge: how we care for and support quality of life for the unprecedented numbers of older Americans who will need it. Despite these daunting numbers, Poo has written a profoundly hopeful book, giving us a glimpse into the stories and often hidden experiences of the people—family caregivers, older people, and home care workers—whose lives will be directly shaped and reshaped in this moment of demographic change. The Age of Dignity outlines a road map for how we can become a more caring nation, providing solutions for fixing our fraying safety net while also increasing opportunities for women, immigrants, and the unemployed in our workforce. As Poo has said, “Care is the strategy and the solution toward a better future for all of us.” “Every American should read this slender book. With luck, it will be the future for all of us.” —Gloria Steinem “Positive and inclusive.” —The New York Times “A big-hearted book [that] seeks to transform our dismal view of aging and caregiving.” —Ms. magazine

Dignity and Old Age

Author : Rose Dobrof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317844610
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Dignity and Old Age written by Rose Dobrof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you’ll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You’ll examine the word “dignity” as it relates to the world’s elderly population to the fullest and most challenging extent, taking into account cross-cultural, religious, and even literary influences. Throughout this provoking and thorough examination, you’ll tackle some tough questions, all of which will equip you with the theoretical and practical know-how needed to evoke change and preserve honorable relations with the elderly persons in your professional and personal relationships. The manner in which Dignity and Old Age will help you grow in your relationships with elderly people is twofold--ideally and practically. You’ll begin with a revitalizing discussion of concepts that revolve around dignity and the elderly, and from there you’ll move into the sphere of active practice, gleaning a wide variety of ways you can enhance your affairs with the elderly in health care, social services, government, and retirement entitlements and benefits. Specifically, you’ll find positive approaches in these and other areas: the dignity in old age the true meaning of “Quality of Life” in old age achieving respect for ethnic elders as a health care provider bringing spirituality and community together in the last stage of life forming a philanthropic, caring partnership between government and the elderly In this insightful volume, you’ll take an important step forward in creating a more dignified quality of life for the world’s elderly--today’s and tomorrow’s. Overall, you’ll gain the variety of perspectives necessary to ensure that everyone you come in contact with in casual, legal, leisure, and professional spheres will see you care enough to be concerned with the ideas and practices contained in Dignity and Old Age.

Dignity and Old Age

Author : Rose Dobrof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317844602
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Dignity and Old Age written by Rose Dobrof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you’ll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life. You’ll examine the word “dignity” as it relates to the world’s elderly population to the fullest and most challenging extent, taking into account cross-cultural, religious, and even literary influences. Throughout this provoking and thorough examination, you’ll tackle some tough questions, all of which will equip you with the theoretical and practical know-how needed to evoke change and preserve honorable relations with the elderly persons in your professional and personal relationships.The manner in which Dignity and Old Age will help you grow in your relationships with elderly people is twofold--ideally and practically. You’ll begin with a revitalizing discussion of concepts that revolve around dignity and the elderly, and from there you’ll move into the sphere of active practice, gleaning a wide variety of ways you can enhance your affairs with the elderly in health care, social services, government, and retirement entitlements and benefits. Specifically, you’ll find positive approaches in these and other areas: the dignity in old age the true meaning of “Quality of Life” in old age achieving respect for ethnic elders as a health care provider bringing spirituality and community together in the last stage of life forming a philanthropic, caring partnership between government and the elderlyIn this insightful volume, you’ll take an important step forward in creating a more dignified quality of life for the world’s elderly--today’s and tomorrow’s. Overall, you’ll gain the variety of perspectives necessary to ensure that everyone you come in contact with in casual, legal, leisure, and professional spheres will see you care enough to be concerned with the ideas and practices contained in Dignity and Old Age.

Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights

Author : Aniceto Masferrer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319326937
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights written by Aniceto Masferrer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is devoted to exploring a subject which, on the surface, might appear to be just a trending topic. In fact, it is much more than a trend. It relates to an ancient, permanent issue which directly connects with people’s life and basic needs: the recognition and protection of individuals’ dignity, in particular the inherent worthiness of the most vulnerable human beings. The content of this book is described well enough by its title: ‘Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights’. Certainly, we do not claim that only the human dignity of vulnerable people should be recognized and protected. We rather argue that, since vulnerability is part of the human condition, human vulnerability is not at odds with human dignity. To put it simply, human dignity is compatible with vulnerability. A concept of human dignity which discards or denies the dignity of the vulnerable and weak is at odds with the real human condition. Even those individuals who might seem more skilled and talented are fragile, vulnerable and limited. We need to realize that human condition is not limitless. It is crucial to re-discover a sense of moderation regarding ourselves, a sense of reality concerning our own nature. Some lines of thought take the opposite view. It is sometimes argued that humankind is – or is called to be – powerful, and that the time will come when there will be no vulnerability, no fragility, no limits at all. Human beings will become like God (or what believers might think God to be). This perspective rejects human vulnerability as in intrinsic evil. Those who are frail or weak, who are not autonomous or not able to care for themselves, do not possess dignity. In this volume it is claimed that vulnerability is an inherent part of human condition, and because human dignity belongs to all individuals, laws are called to recognize and protect the rights of all of them, particularly of those who might appear to be more vulnerable and fragile.

Aging Gracefully with Dignity, Integrity and Spunk Intact

Author : Norma Roth
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449021018
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Aging Gracefully with Dignity, Integrity and Spunk Intact written by Norma Roth and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a new and exciting concept: Aging Gracefully with Dignity, Integrity & Spunk Intact: Aging Defiantly! Yes, the dawn of a new age is here. Along with the Age of Life Sciences (extending both life and health opportunities for those "entering that age"), new possibilities are on the horizon, limitless boundaries beckons, and a new age dawns: The Age of the Silver Generation. Explore your strengths, develop your hidden treasures, and explore the endless opportunities of your Personal Retrieval System (PRS) within the self. The sum total of knowledge and experience gained over a lifetime may well be available to you for most of the rest of your life. Empower yourself; let no one hold you back. Become the trail blazers and pathfinders. Science, medicine and technology are on your side: EMPOWER YOURSELF... and join in the glitter and sparkle of a rapidly developing new generation. Read this book -- baby boomers too -- and see what is in store for The Age of the Silver Generation and remember: the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity

Author : Matthew Minson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623494133
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Prepare to Defend Yourself . . . How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity written by Matthew Minson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Prepare to Defend Yourself… How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life is back. This time Matthew Minson, MD, turns a penetrating and whimsical eye on the medical and social aspects of aging in Prepare to Defend Yourself…How to Age Gracefully and Escape with Your Dignity. While seeming to simultaneously channel a combination of Benjamin Franklin and Charles Schulz, Dr. Minson goes after bodily changes, behaviors—good and bad, and what everyone can do to make life more bearable and—dare we say it—fun after fifty. Laced with his unique style of poignancy and humor and peppered with his own surrealistically funny cartoons, the book bravely takes on health, finances, sex, diet, exercise, death, the law, and what you can do to protect what matters most as you age. It’s life, liberty, and the pursuit of a chuckle in this groundbreaking book that just might make you look forward to your golden years. For anyone of any age who plans on aging with their dignity intact, this is the book for you.

Aging Gracefully

Author : Kyle Benson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781982033255
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Aging Gracefully written by Kyle Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel like your best and extraordinary days are over? Have you ever wondered why some people could still show vibrant in their old age but yet some show sign of deterioration and lack of energy? Do you feel extremely tired as you age? Some people are afraid of aging, thinking of it as a terrifying future. Some embrace it and some don't want to think about it. Aging is inevitable but we can learn how to go about it gracefully. Yes, aging graceful can be a skill and it can be learned. In this book, Aging Gracefully it is all about giving you an orientation on aging and how to age gracefully. In it, you will discover: The true fact about aging and how we should prepare for it Mindfulness exercise to reflect on yourself and clearn your mind How one should care for the body regardless of age How you should avoid certain degree of the denegration of mental and neurological proceeses How maintaining your rhythm helps in the functioning of organs and enzymes How being grateful helps the aging process The advantages of revisiting your passions How reconnection of relationships can improve our enjoyment in aging How by celebrating moments that we cherish the most can make you feel so much alive, and so much more... This book provides very straight forward tips and advice to help you fight the aging process gracefully. Go head and click on the BUY button and start enjoying your twilight years!

Age with Dignity

Author : South Dakota. Office on Aging
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Age with Dignity written by South Dakota. Office on Aging and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aging and Human Nature

Author : Mark Schweda
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030250970
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Aging and Human Nature written by Mark Schweda and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical questions and assumptions involved in the discussion of ageing and old age. What does it mean for human beings to grow old and become more vulnerable and dependent? How can we understand the manifestations of ageing and old age in the human body? How should we interpret the processes of change in the temporal course of a human life? What impact does old age have on the social dimensions of human existence? In order to tackle these questions, the volume brings together internationally distinguished scholars from the fields of philosophy, theology, cultural studies, social gerontology, and ageing studies. The collection of their original articles makes a twofold contribution to contemporary academic discourse. On one hand, it helps to clarify and deepen our understanding of ageing and old age by examining it from the fundamental point of view of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. At the same time, it also enhances and expands the discourses of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology by systematically taking into account that human beings are essentially ageing creatures.

Aging with Dignity, Living with Grace

Author : David H. Brady
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621374749
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Aging with Dignity, Living with Grace written by David H. Brady and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 4th 2010, I had stopped by a woman's home to speak to her 21 year-old son, at her request. It turns out he was suffering from severe mental illness. Without warning, he punched me so hard I flew through the air, landed on my back and then found him on top of me with my arms pinned under his legs while he drove about six or seven rage filled punches into my head sending my skull smashing into the solid hard-wood kitchen floor. The result of that incident: I have brain damage that has dramatically

Coming of Age in Iran

Author : Manata Hashemi
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147987633X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Coming of Age in Iran written by Manata Hashemi and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis Crippling sanctions, inflation, and unemployment have increasingly burdened young people in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Coming of Age in Iran, Manata Hashemi takes us inside the lives of poor Iranian youth, showing how these young men and women face their future prospects. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Hashemi follows their stories, one by one, as they struggle to climb up the proverbial ladder of success. Based on years of ethnographic research among these youth in their homes, workspaces, and places of leisure, Hashemi shows how public judgments can give rise to meaningful changes for some while making it harder for others to escape poverty. Ultimately, Hashemi sheds light on the pressures these young men and women face, showing how many choose to comply with—rather than resist—social norms in their pursuit of status and belonging. Coming of Age in Iran tells the unprecedented story of how Iran’s young and struggling attempt to extend dignity and alleviate misery, illuminating the promises—and limits—of finding one’s place during a time of profound uncertainty.

Dignity in Care for Older People

Author : Lennart Nordenfelt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 140518342X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Dignity in Care for Older People written by Lennart Nordenfelt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of quality of life has for several decades been well-established in ethical debate about health care and the care of older people. Dignity in Care for Older People highlights the notion of dignity within the care of the elderly, focusing on the importance of theoretical concepts. Primarily based on a Research Project, Dignity and Older Europeans, funded by the European Commission, this book provides a thorough investigation of the concept of dignity and related concepts such as quality of life and autonomy. It includes a chapter devoted to the dignity of human embodiment, emphasizing the importance of the notion of the lived body in the context of elderly care. As a result of the conceptual study a model of dignity emerges in which four variants of dignity stand out: dignity of merit, dignity as moral status, dignity of identity and Menschenwürde (the specifically human value). From this follows a discussion of how these variants of dignity can be used in characterizing the care of the elderly. The notions of dignity and dignified care are discussed particularly in relation to demented persons and dying persons. The book also contains a chapter on the dignity of the dead person. International in focus, Dignity in Care for Older People provides a contemporary discussion of the care of older people, and will be of use to qualified nurses and social care practitioners working with older people, as well as those on ethics and gerontology courses.

Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict

Author : Donna Hicks
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300263503
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict written by Donna Hicks and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, Donna Hicks explains what the elements of dignity are, how to recognize dignity violations, how to respond when we are not treated with dignity, how dignity can restore a broken relationship, why leaders must understand the concept of dignity, and more. By choosing dignity as a way of life, Hicks shows, we open the way to greater peace within ourselves and to a safer and more humane world for all. For the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Dignity, Hicks has written a new preface that reflects on her experience helping communities and individuals understand the power of dignity and how it can lead to a more peaceful world. “Anyone who understands the importance of personal feelings and their fuel for conflict should consider Dignity as a powerful advisory and motivational guide.”—Midwest Book Review Winner of the 2012 Educator’s Award, given by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.

Families Caring for an Aging America

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309448093
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.

Toward Freedom and Dignity

Author : O. B. Hardison Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421430894
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Toward Freedom and Dignity written by O. B. Hardison Jr. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1973. Toward Freedom and Dignity is a humanist's view of the humanities in an age of burgeoning technology. O. B. Hardison Jr. deals with the status of the humanities and their future—how they are regarded and how they may come to contribute to a genuinely humane society. He argues that humanistic studies are not a luxury in either education or society. They are central to the preparation of human beings for the kind of society that is possible if we manage to avoid an Orwellian technocracy. Social goals and priorities must be set in terms of the ideal of a culture truly adjusted to human needs and human limitations. In framing his argument, Hardison draws on ideas of the humanities since the Renaissance, especially on the philosophical humanities that emerged in Europe in the works of authors like Kant, Schiller, and Coleridge. He is untroubled by anti-humanistic trends in college curricula and the surrounding culture, and he contends that we have only one practical option: to ensure that culture evolves toward a more humane society, toward freedom and dignity.

Elderhood

Author : Louise Aronson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620405482
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Elderhood written by Louise Aronson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction A New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book Award Winner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact Award As revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected, and denied. Reminiscent of Oliver Sacks, noted Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy--a vision full of joy, wonder, frustration, outrage, and hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself. Elderhood is for anyone who is, in the author's own words, "an aging, i.e., still-breathing human being."

Dignity

Author : Chris Arnade
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525534733
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Dignity written by Chris Arnade and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy "[A] deeply empathetic book." —The Economist With stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms. After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve. As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.