THis takes me back to that wonderful series of articles published in book form called THE MEAN SEASON ---- I believe it was published in1987 in response to the Reagan ADministration's demonization of "welfare queens" and a popular prejudice against people utilizing the old AFDC program --THe work was a collaborative of Fran Piven, Richard Cloward, Fred Block (and Barbara Ehrenreich I think as well). The lead article, THE CONTEMPORARY RELIEF DEBATE was my touchstone for refuting the nasty "arguments" of people like Lawrence Mead and other "theorists."
In the context of LOUSY racist arguments, the best response is not punishment but refutation --- The answer, for example, to Charles Murray about poor people (of color) is the work of Stephen J. Gould, not silencing --- My attitude has always been that these bastards have to be exposed and that means what they say HAS to see the light of day to make sure it isn't convincing --- (as an aside, Mead's argument FALLS interestingly before Murray's own research. SInce Murray blamed welfare POLICIES for poverty he began to argue (in the 1980s? 90s?) that white "family dysfunction" (=single parenthood, long term dependency) was RISING --- how does that square with Mead's analysis based on "european" vs. "African" culture?? (and are Latinos "stamped" because of "indigenous culture" overwhelming their European roots??) https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/07/28/leading-voice-welfare-reform-accused-racism > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#58): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/58 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/75841950/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
