Rev. Dunbar-Perkins Marginalization

Rev. Dunbar-Perkins Marginalization

Chaplaincy

For many people, there are two different scenarios I see here—and this doesn't include everything—but you're in a hospital, you don't have control over what you eat, when you wake up, even when you go to the bathroom. You know, the basics, what you wear. Well, the only thing you have control over is what you watch on television. You know, gee whiz, that's all you get. And so, you're in the hospital, and you're in here suddenly. And all of a sudden, people are saying, 'Oh, you can't do this because it'll make you sick. Oh you can't do this it'll make you sick.' And all those "this" and "thats" that they're naming are the things that give you pleasure. Or the things that you've always found is something you want to do. And so, you get those basic rights of a human taken away.

Kevin Dowling

Religion Department (Carleton College)

2013

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Minneapolis, MN