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AnswerPoverty.org
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FramingQues;ons
1.Whatwedo?
•  Raiseawarenessofhowourbiasesandassump;onsaffectour
percep.onsofpoverty&raceAND…
•  Howour“problem”biasesandassump;onsworktoperpetuateracism
andpoverty…
2.Whywedoit?
•  Tohelpprac..onersovercome“problem”biasesandassump;onsto
developprogramsandservicesthattranscendraceandworktobreak
thecycleofpoverty.
UnderstandingtheNexusofRaceClass&HomelessnessHousingOhio2017
WhyisRacismSTILLanissueinAmerica?
OurDominantCultureis
TheLegacyofSlaveryinAmerica
A. 
TheDynamicsofOppression
÷  TheOppressorsgetafalsesenseofSuperiority
÷  TheOppressedgetafalsesenseofInferiority
Oppressorsleveragesocial,poli;cal,andeconomiccontroltoperpetuate
bothatheirfalsesenseofsuperiority,andthefalsesenseofinferiority
inthosetheyoppress.
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UnderstandingthecomplexrelaFonshipbetweenpoverty&raceinAmerica
WhyisRacismSTILLanissueinAmerica?
HegemonyandOurDominantCulturalValues
InAmerica,thevaluesbiases&assumpFonsofEuropeanimmigrants
thatcolonizedAmericanformedwhathavebecomeourDominant
CulturalValues
ThesevaluesframeandgovernAmericanSocietythroughour
“SocioeconomicSystem”
Our Socioeconomic System is the embodiment of Dominant Culture
Valuesandisinlargepartwhytheproblemshadbyracialandethnic
minori;esareexperiencedasbothStructuralorSystemic…
UnderstandingtheNexusofRaceClass&HomelessnessHousingOhio2017
Poverty&RacisminAmericaisperpetuatedprimarilyin(3)ways:
•  Structurally-whichreferstotheeconomicandins;tu;onalarrangements
thatframe,organizeanddistributedominantculturalvaluesideasandbeliefs
insociety
•  Systemically-whichreferstohowthoseeconomicandins.tu.onal
arrangementsworktogethertoinfluencetheeconomicandins.tu.onal
prac;cesinsociety
•  Socially-whichreferstohowthoseeconomicandins.tu.onalprac;ces
shapeandreinforcethepercep;onsandbehaviorsofthepeoplein
society
CommunityEngagement&
ServiceDelivery
PoorRacial,&Ethnic
Minori;es…
Program&ServiceStaffing
Program&Service
Development
Corporate/Government/Ins;tu;onal
Values,Polices,&Procedures
Socio-EconomicSystem
DominantCultureValues
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UnderstandingthecomplexrelaFonshipbetweenpoverty&raceinAmerica
DiscussExercise:
ExperiencingHegemony(DominantCultureDynamic…)
ProblemCommunity
Impacts
What people see
& react to…
DominantCulture
(MainStream)
Individual/FamilyReac;on
Public/PrivateBehavior
Low/NoLivingWageEmployment/
SubStandardHousing
What people do
not see or
understand…
Low/NoAcademicor
Voca;onalTraining
Suspiciousofthe
Socio-EconomicSystem
SocializedinReac;ontothe
DominantCulture
RaceClassHomelessness&Poverty
Ques;ons?
RobertCaldwell
Execu;veDirector
AnswerPoverty.org
[email protected](614)547-9437
www.AnswerPoverty.org
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