NPR Podcast 팟캐스트 영어회화 Day 1

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Experiencing racism may physically change your brain

 

Some other minorities also face greater health risks.

*umbrella term 포괄적 용어 

Racism is kind of an umbrella term that describes multiple things.

*oppression 억압, 압박

*inferior (…보다 재능 등이) 못한[못난] 사람; (지위·계급 등에서) 아래 사람, 하급자

* based off = based on

+) This really is based off of my experience. 

    진짜 제 경험에서 비롯된 거예요.

+) This song is also based off of personal experience. 

It's really a system of oppression to a group of people that are treated as inferior based off of their race, ethnicity or skin color.

    이 노래는 이것도 경험담이에요.

*overarching (많은 것에 관련되므로) 대단히 중요한

*cultural practices 문화적 관행/ 관습/ 풍습 

*subjugate 예속, 종속시키다, 지배[통제]하에 두다, 정복하다

The overarching policies or cultural practices or norms that we've adopted that lead to the sort of subjugation of peoples.

*articulate [ɑː|tɪkjuleɪt;]  (생각·감정을) 분명히 표현하다[설명하다]/ [ɑː|tɪkjələt;]  또렷한, 분명한

I didn't expect you to be so articulate.

*inequity 불공평 (=injustice)

*redlining (은행·보험 회사에 의한) 특정 경계 지역 지정 ((담보 융자·보험 인수를 거부함))

*implicit 암묵적인

*segregation (인종·종교·성별에 따른) 분리[차별] (정책)

Biased mortgage practices that led to sort of implicit residential segregation and economic segregation.

*proxy  대리[위임](권), 대리인, 대용물

*proxy measures (측정·계산하려는 다른 것을 대표하도록 이용하는) 대용물

*disparity [dɪˈspærəti] (특히 한쪽에 불공평한) 차이, 불균형

How experiencing racism can alter the brain and how these changes in turn may contribute to health disparities.

*vigilant 바짝 경계하는, 조금도 방심하지 않는 (=alert, watchful)

*hyperarousal 과다각성, 각성과민의

They may be more vigilant or have a lot more hyperarousal.

*fight-or-flight 투쟁 도주 반응 ((갑작스런 자극에 대하여 투쟁할 것인가 도주할 것인가의 본능적 반응))

*ventromedial prefrontal cortex 복내측 전전두엽 피질

*amygdala 편도체

*degradation 비하, 수모, 저하[악화](시키기), 분해

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Scientists know that Black people are at a greater risk for health problems like heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease than white people. A growing body of research shows that racism in health care and in daily life contributes to these long-standing health disparities for Black communities.

Now, some researchers are asking whether part of the explanation involves how racism, across individual interactions and systems, may physically alter the brain.

 

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Experiencing racism may physically change your brain

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