By Keith Lawrence (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “Community-building” ideas have been quite influential within community redevelopment and social justice circles in the U.S. over the past four decades. Generally speaking, community-building approaches emphasize popular participation, local leadership, social capital and networks, and the strengthening of local … [Read more...] about “Retooling Community-Building for Racial Equality” by Keith Lawrence (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Why Structural Racism? Why a Structural Racism Caucus?” by Anne C. Kubisch (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
By Anne C. Kubisch (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The term “structural racism” has gained traction in recent years as a way of describing how racial dynamics are playing out in 21st Century America. Of course, using the word “structural” to characterize societal inequities has a long history, and even joining the term “structural” with ”racism” is not new. But … [Read more...] about “Why Structural Racism? Why a Structural Racism Caucus?” by Anne C. Kubisch (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
“Youth Organizing Tackles the ‘Racism You Can’t Name'” by Julie Quiroz-Martínez (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
By Julie Quiroz-Martínez (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The California High School Exit Exam provides a graphic illustration of structural racism and a compelling story of youth organizing to challenge it. California legislators passed the exit exam into law in 1999 with the stated goal of improving academic performance in public schools. This year, the exit … [Read more...] about “Youth Organizing Tackles the ‘Racism You Can’t Name'” by Julie Quiroz-Martínez (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
“Toward a Structural Racism Framework” by Andrew Grant-Thomas and john a. powell (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
By Andrew Grant-Thomas and john a. powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) For many people, the term “structural racism” mystifies rather than clarifies. Popular confusion around what is meant by the term hampers our collective ability to build on the real gains made by two generations of anti-racism activism. With the end of Jim Crow laws and a clear decline in … [Read more...] about “Toward a Structural Racism Framework” by Andrew Grant-Thomas and john a. powell (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
“Race vis-a-vis Class in the U.S.?” by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
By john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In his groundbreaking 1903 treatise, The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.” A century later, and a full generation removed from the battles of the Civil Rights era, many now suggest that class, not race, is … [Read more...] about “Race vis-a-vis Class in the U.S.?” by john a. powell and Stephen Menendian (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
