What Social Distancing Reveals About Privilege - Ep. 08
Rob and Jes discuss the disparities of schooling and technology when it comes to the recent stay-at-home order.
Episode Summary:
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Episode start
3:30 - Processing change
4:32 - Check in with Rob
6:05 - Check in with Jes
8:40 - Schedule/playbook for quarantine
9:30 - Zoom calls, access to technology
11:00 - Differences in ability to access schooling
12:20 - Impact of disrupted school on younger kids
13:10 - Privilege of being able to quarantine
14:20 - NYT article about location data
17:45 - Negative impact of “If it doesn’t affect me it doesn’t matter” mentality
18:30 - Leadership not caring about community impact
19:10 - Importance of proximity and impact of social distancing
20:00 - Need to be proximate to suffering
21:10 - Frame up for listeners
22:00 - Putting future conversations against the backdrop of the pandemic
23:50 - Jes’s proximity to the virus
25:00 - Continue to amplify voices on the front lines
Resources:
Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home is a Luxury (New York Times)
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Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming
Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.
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