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Radical Scholarship: October 18, 2012: Poverty Is Destiny: Ignoring the MLK Imperative in Corporate Education Reform

Radical Scholarship: October 18, 2012: Poverty Is Destiny: Ignoring the MLK Imperative in Corporate Education Reform:


October 18, 2012: Poverty Is Destiny: Ignoring the MLK Imperative in Corporate Education Reform

Poverty Is Destiny: Ignoring the MLK Imperative in Corporate Education Reform

• Introduction/Context

Working class background

Father, junior college, paternal grandfather owned town gas station, Upstate SC
Mother, dropped out of junior college, maternal grandfather died yarn, mill worker, hills of NC

Home town, rural poverty

Came to recognize privilege inherent in white, male, working class roots

Privilege should equal humility and seeking equity for others (gained from work of Kurt Vonnegut):

“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was