6/1 Monday Draft Questions

1. In Programas Sin Verguenza, La Torre says, “Emergent digital platforms Can Be Imagined as new methods of collecting and preserving Community radio’s recording, namely through tools that assist in the digitization and preservation of aural artifacts, images, program guides, institutional documents, and other station ephemera. " (177) How have the technological advancements of the 21st century allowed for the support and empowerment of marginalized communities?

2. In Programas Sin Verguenza, La Torre says, “When KDNA invited a clinical counselor to discuss incest within the Chicano Community, the topic created an unprecedented response from the audience, primarily comprised of women, who began to share their experiences not only with incest but also other forms of abuse and harassment” (182) How does representation of a community in a public forum foster and maintain a dialogue within that community? Is this a resilience practice for marginalized communities?

3. In the article "Undocumented workers fend for themselves with little Covid-19 help", the author states that, “While state and federal programs are helping millions of unemployed Americans pay their bills during the covid-19 pandemic, undocumented immigrants like Inocencio do not benefit from that assistance, even if they've been paying taxes in this country for many years” Is the idea of ‘social death’ sustained in the underrepresentation/lack of representation undocumented immigrants have in economic assistance programs?

4. In the article "Why Covid-19 is hitting Washington Latinos especially hard", the author states that, “Communities of color, meanwhile, now account for a larger share of positive tests. Black people make up 7% of all cases, despite representing just 4% of the population. Among Hispanic or Latino people, confirmed cases jumped by nearly ten percentage points since mid-april, to 31%, compared with their 13% share of the overall population” How have the disparities in the living situations, citizen status, healthcare, and economic assistance between marginalized communities and white people caused this pandemic to be disastrous for the marginalized communities?