A Different Perspective
Discussion following up on Blake’s discussion of “Hillbilly Elegy” and its focus on individual responsibility and hillbilly culture which “increasingly encourages social decay…”
This week we will take a somewhat different perspective as we explore:
1. Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley by John Gaventa;
2. The five faces of oppression and “blaming the victim”
3. Research on “The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress” by Jack Shonkoff, MD; and Andrew S. Garner, MD,
Presented by: Judith Pedersen-Benn