Disrupt the System! Dwan Jordon
After watching, "Disrupting Systems of Social Reproduction - Jeff Duncan-Andrade", I wanted to quickly blog my thoughts and recap this powerful message! In our current state, there is a renewed focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. There is no doubt that we must eliminate opportunity gaps, interrupt institutional bias, and remove barriers that get in the way of fair and equitable opportunities for all. However, before we can do that, we must be brutally honest with ourselves about what we are dealing with. Our society is fundamentally unequal and if we pay close attention we can see how the national agenda, which pushes goals and hopes, is simply rhetoric. When we take a deep look, the national agenda looks nothing like a focus on commitment to justice, fairness, and equity for all. With a more careful analysis, we can see how we can actually predict the social and economic outcomes of all by studying history and the national reality that has been constructed - and has ...
