Event Title
The Revolution Starts at Home: Local Programming and Its Role in Resistances
Location
Science Center A154
Start Date
10-2-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
10-2-2015 2:50 PM
Abstract
My previous research concluded that within a capitalist, neoliberal economy, profits have taken precedence over the needs of the low-income Black and Latinx students whom educational reform policies should be serving. I argue that concept can be accurately expanded to address the way that capitalism disproportionately disenfranchises low-income Black and Latinx communities as a whole. Consequently, my current research investigates how low-income communities have banded together to resist the effects of such a system. While many undoubtedly manifest within issues of educational access, these effects also arise in other areas, such as lack of access to food, lack of access to transportation, the incarceration of Black and brown low-income communities, etc. Using existing literature as well as interviews, this research aims to examine how communities are banding together to resist the disenfranchisement that accompanies a system where profits are more important than people. Subsequently, it hopes to use uncover ways these methods of resistance may be applicable to other communities in need.
Recommended Citation
Carey, Amethyst, "The Revolution Starts at Home: Local Programming and Its Role in Resistances" (2015). Celebration of Undergraduate Research. 1.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/cour/2015/panel_01/1
Major
Sociology
Award
Oberlin College Research Fellowship (OCRF)
Project Mentor(s)
Daphne John, Sociology
Document Type
Presentation
The Revolution Starts at Home: Local Programming and Its Role in Resistances
Science Center A154
My previous research concluded that within a capitalist, neoliberal economy, profits have taken precedence over the needs of the low-income Black and Latinx students whom educational reform policies should be serving. I argue that concept can be accurately expanded to address the way that capitalism disproportionately disenfranchises low-income Black and Latinx communities as a whole. Consequently, my current research investigates how low-income communities have banded together to resist the effects of such a system. While many undoubtedly manifest within issues of educational access, these effects also arise in other areas, such as lack of access to food, lack of access to transportation, the incarceration of Black and brown low-income communities, etc. Using existing literature as well as interviews, this research aims to examine how communities are banding together to resist the disenfranchisement that accompanies a system where profits are more important than people. Subsequently, it hopes to use uncover ways these methods of resistance may be applicable to other communities in need.
Notes
Session I, Panel 1 - CULTURE: Labor & Exploitation