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- A Conversation with Isaac Cherem11:15 am
- Sociology Department Seminar: What Really Caused the Flint Water Crisis?12:00 pm
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Sociology Department Seminar: What Really Caused the Flint Water Crisis?
"What Really Caused the Flint Water Crisis?" (Louise Seamster, University of Iowa)This talk, based on a book in progress, explains how Flint’s water crisis is a case of “creative extraction” from black communities. Here, local white political entities collaborate with larger financial underwriters to reproduce inequality in both Flint and Detroit through debt and public revenue capture.</P>
Dr. Seamster is a sociologist whose research examines contemporary mechanisms for the reproduction of racial and economic inequality, especially in terms of debt, racial urban politics, and their intersection. Her work on “predatory inclusion” in student debt has led to extensive policy advocacy, including research informing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s student debt forgiveness plan. Her work has been published in Contexts, Sociological Theory, Du Bois Review, Social Currents, and Ethnic and Racial Studies, among other academic outlets.
When | 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm on Monday, October 5, 2020 |
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Location | Remote Via Zoom |
Contact Name | Deborah Carr |
Contact Email | carrds@bu.edu |