Opportunity for All: Inequity, Linked Fate and Social Justice in Detroit and Michigan

Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion Keynote Address January 30, 2009 john a. powell Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity & Williams Chair In Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Moritz College Of Law Opportunity for All: Inequity, Linked Fate and Social Justice in Detroit and Michigan

Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Crisis … ,[object Object],[object Object],Courtesy Hill Holiday Communications

Danger… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Danger… ,[object Object],Sad Day For Microsoft: 5,000 Laid Off, Earnings And Revenues Down Cascading layoffs hit workers at Pfizer, Caterpillar, Home Depot; no relief in sight By JEANNINE AVERSA , Associated Press Last update: January 26, 2009

Opportunity… ,[object Object],19 th Century 21 st Century

Detroit …the epicenter of change ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Detroit’s lessons… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Detroit’s lessons con’t… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

You say crisis, I say opportunity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Detroit’s experience is critical ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Opportunity: stimulus $ is public $ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Executive Pay Limits May Prove Toothless Loophole in Bailout Provision Leaves Enforcement in Doubt (Washington Post, 12/15/08) Economist explains why credit still frozen

Opportunity: green infrastructure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Green infrastructure con’t… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Opportunity: stimulus planning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Opportunity: foreclosure relief ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

August Report Key Findings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Racial Disparity and Opportunity

Opportunity Mapping ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How does race work today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

History shapes our present & future

We were separated from each other… http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol2no1/sugrue.html Detroit’s “Wailing Wall” being constructed

Opportunity still plays out across space ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Segregation leads to disparate (racialized) outcomes Lower Educational Outcomes Increased Flight of Affluent Families Neighborhood Segregation School Segregation & Concentrated Poverty

But…what does your neighborhood have to do with your IQ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Do we have the conditions for a meritocracy?

Different opportunities for children High Opportunity Low Opportunity

What happens if we don’t change? Figure from Atkinson and Wial, “Boosting Productivity, Innovation, and Growth through a National Innovation Foundation,” Brookings Policy Brief available at http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/04_federal_role_atkinson_wial.aspx

How do we do it? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Outcome: every school a high performing school…how? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Understand and communicate our linked fates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Talking about Race…post Obama

A post-racial society? Anxiety over racial identity … and humor Tracy Morgan accepting a Golden Globe for 30 Rock “ I am the face of post-racial America. Deal with it, Cate Blanchett!”

Talking about race…productively ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/2008/12/talking-about-race-in-the-obama-era/

Acknowledge “Implicit Bias” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Talking about race … productively UNPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVE Frameworks Institute Message Brief: Framing Race Don’t frame issues around “what’s fair” Reinforce the belief of opportunity for all Assert that system flaws hurt everyone Don’t focus on who or what is responsible for present inequities Steer the conversation toward the results being sought (i.e., a quality education for everyone) Don’t focus on exceptional individuals Talk about where systems we all rely upon break down and how we can fix those systems

What is a truly universal policy? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Undercapitalized Regions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rust Belt cities in comparison…

Undercapitalized Cities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Building a New Framework for Community Development in Weak Market Cities , prepared by Community Development Partnership Network (April 2003)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Strategies for Undercapitalized Cities

Strategies for Undercapitalized Cities con’t… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding America’s Older Core Cities by PolicyLink

Thank you! Questions or comments? www.Kirwaninstitute.org

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