The Importance Of Race To Honey Bees

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Race is an issue that affects every single human being throughout the world on a daily basis. Whether we personally view people with different races and cultures to our own as less significant, I believe determines our quality of life. “In biology, races are distinct genetically divergent populations within the same species with relatively small morphological and genetic differences. The populations can be described as ecological races if they arise from adaptation to different local habitats or geographic races when they are geographically isolated” (Mayr, 2012). When thinking about race, we can compare humans to honey bees. The honey bee has small genetic differences throughout the world, similar to humans; they are classified into Oriental, African, European, and Western (Yoshiaki, 2015). Unlike humans, it is much more difficult for the honey bee to fly over large bodies of water and travel great distances, which humans have …show more content…
While attending Cortland College, I attended classes that sparked my interest in the cultural impact on health. One of those classes was called HIV Epidemic, where we explored social, political, and cultural issues allowed HIV to continue to spread at rapid rates especially in relation to affecting many countries in Africa. Another class that opened my eyes to racial topics was called Health Problems of the Underserved, I read a book about the cultural barriers that Hmong-Americans have with western medicine. From attending college at Cortland, I have a greater sense of how not to let race come between a potential life changing experience. Moving to extremely diverse New York City to further my education and in hopes to one day become a nurse was in my eyes, my only option. Now having attended Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing for a little over a year, I would like to continue to learn about cultural differences by participating in the trip to
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