https://padlet.com/joy_howard/4d9ghc3e70zu To frame our discussions of the book, please post at least one and up to three discussion starters (these can be questions/quotes/statements, etc.). On May 26, at 10:30 CST/11:30 EST we will discuss the introduction and ch. 1,2. In the 1.5 hour discussion, we will use these as our guide. When we get done, we will identify areas of clarification needed or remaining questions for Leonardo or for discussion next time (Time TBD, ch. 3-5). en-us 2017-05-18 21:47:02 UTC 2017-05-25 13:31:56 UTC hello@padlet.com joy_howard https://padlet.com/joy_howard/4d9ghc3e70zu/wish/172694473 I found ch. 2 challenging. I don't have much background in marxism directly. I found the explanation a bit hard to follow, and I remember several years ago reading a book by Mike Cole about CRT and Marxism and felt equally unbalanced as a reader. Anyone from the group have more history with Marxism? What's your take on his explanation? One point in particular I wondered about on p. 56 re: "property", I wondered about how this matches to Harris' "Whiteness as property" or not.]]> 2017-05-18 22:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/4d9ghc3e70zu/wish/172694473 https://padlet.com/joy_howard/4d9ghc3e70zu/wish/173814440 I read most of this traveling to a conference about religious, spiritual, and secular identities in higher ed. It was fresh in my mind as I attended many sessions talking about intersectionality, particularly Leonardo's point on p. 34 that intersectionality is often coded as a way to acknowledge race without forgrounding it. It was definitely a moment of once you see it, you can't unsee it, and it's forcing me to uncomfortably wrestle with my own dissertation topic--I'm trying to figure out how you can discuss other identities without falling into the trap of treating race as an aside.

I'm confused about the discussion of class within the CRT framework on pages 42-43, especially the quote, "But something about the power of analysis and the analysis of power is given up when the actual dynamics of class expropriation is translated into class privilege" (p. 43, line 4). Is the argument that racial oppression has created class, so a focus on class alone ignores the racial history of class? 

I'm with you, Joy, I have zero experience with Marxism. My marginalia basically stopped for three pages until I wrote, "I think you need to reread this chapter a few times". Made a note of "property" and will reread with that question in mind. 

Side note: I've already recommended this book to several doc student classmates who are earlier in their program to help them think about theoretical frameworks. ]]> 2017-05-25 13:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/4d9ghc3e70zu/wish/173814440