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Final Project Part B Milestone One
Taylor Heger
Southern New Hampshire University
ATH-101 Introduction to Anthropology
Mickie Murin
01/22/2023
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Module 3-3 Final Project Part B Milestone One: Choose a Crisis Situation
Describe the crisis you chose, including a short summary of the video on that situation
situation.
For my crisis situation, I have chosen “The Right to Fail.” What prompted me to choose
this particular crisis is that I have heard this verbiage, but in a different context. Working
in the recovery field and with fellow addicts, I was once told that we have to allow them
to fail. Meaning that we can only help a person as much as they want the help. We have
to let them gain their own experience and fall on their own behinds until they are ready.
For the purpose of this Milestone, the right to fail refers to people with severe mental
illnesses and who decides where they live. The YouTube video takes place on the
outskirts of New York City where poor, mentally disabled individuals are placed in what
are called adult homes. This form of housing is notorious for horrible care of its tenants,
placing them in bed bug infested buildings and without proper attention to their needs.
The controversial question behind the dilemma is about “giving people with severe
