COLLECTION NAME:
Conference on World Affairs Audio Archive
Record
Collection Name:
Conference On World Affairs Archives
identifier:
cwa_88-34.mp3
title:
Poverty and the Underclass
titleType:
Program
titleSeries:
Series II: The United States: The Largest Third World Country
subject:
Poverty
subject:
Poor women
subject:
African American poor families
description:
Moderated by Leslie Durgin; 05:05 Durgin introduces the panel topic and panelists; 08:00 Nicholas Lemann begins his discussion. He talks about the history of the term “underclass.†He states that underclass refers to permanent poverty or those unlikely to ever get out of poverty; 11:30 Lemann talks about the idea of the underclass coming to fruition from the early 1960s. He talks about the inner-city Black ghettos and those trapped in poverty; 13:36 Lemann mentions that the topic is discussed again today because there was a dramatic change in the population of poor people, mostly consisting of elderly women and female headed families; 15:20 Lemann talks about extrinsic and intrinsic forces that contribute to poverty and the underclass; 20:17 Fredrica Gray begins her discussion. She talks about the issues of poverty related to Black women. She compared the income of Black and white families and noticed that Black women were less likely to be married and; therefore, had less income; 25:46 Gray mentions that Black men have had a difficult time in the labor force lately which is why more Black women are also single; 30:52 Jaime Snyder begins his discussion; 32:20 Snyder talks about Lemann’s points about the extrinsic and intrinsic forces; 33:43 Snyder talks about his background and grandpa, Buckminster Fuller. He addresses what has been done and what we can do to help those in poverty; 38:35 Snyder talks about enacting a new type of Homestead Act in Los Angeles because housing prices continue to increase; 40:50 June Golden begins her discussion. She states she does not believe there is poverty or underclass in America and people should be able to get jobs; 42:50 Golden talks about women’s magazines and raising children; 44:00 Golden talks about her experience living in New York. She sees children on drugs on the street and worries about her own kids interacting with these children; 51:27 Audience member comments that the problem with poverty in America is an institutional problem but the comments from the panel made it sound individualistic; 01:08:07 Audience member asks a question [cataloger’s note: question difficult to decipher]. Panelist talks about mobilizing people; 01:29:39 Audience member asks about a conspiracy theory to destroy black males from white males and talks about the book “Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boysâ€; 01:41:35 Panel discussion ends.
descriptionType:
Program
coverageSpatial:
Memorial West Ballroom
contributor:
Golden, June
contributorRole:
Panelist
contributor:
Gray, Fredrica
contributorRole:
Panelist
contributor:
Lemann, Nicholas
contributorRole:
Panelist
contributor:
Snyder, Jaime
contributorRole:
Panelist
publisher:
CWA/Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder
publisherRole:
Publisher
rightsSummary:
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dateCreated:
1988-04-12
formatMediaType:
Sound
formatPhysical:
1/4 inch audio cassette
formatDigital:
audio/mpeg
formatGenerations:
Audio/Original recording
formatStandard:
MPEG Audio
formatEncoding:
audio/mp3
formatDuration:
1:42:30
formatTracks:
1 audio track
formatChannelConfiguration :
dual-channel mono
language:
English