ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week.

This week, we read a handful of pieces about how people envision their place in the world.

One story showed that for many people, empathy isn't linked to shared experience. Bosses who suffered early in life were less compassionate toward employees who described similar struggles. Another piece focused on white privilege, the gap between intellectually understanding that privilege exists, and admitting that you have personally benefited from a system of racial inequality.

And speaking of racial inequality, one recent survey chronicled the microaggressions against female scientists of color: a majority reported being regularly mistaken for janitorial and support staff.

Read on and tell us in the comments: What did you read and love this week?