Upward Social Mobility Panel

Sep 13, 2009

Brooklyn Book Festival

A panel discussion was held on upward mobility in America. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. The discussion was moderated by Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Gloria Browne-Marshall is the author .. Read More
A panel discussion was held on upward mobility in America. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. The discussion was moderated by Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Gloria Browne-Marshall is the author Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present (Routledge; March 20, 2007). Katherine Newman is the author or co-author of eight books on topics ranging from urban poverty to middle class economic insecurity to school violence, including The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (Beacon Press; September 1, 2008). Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harper's magazine, is the author of many books, including Pretentions to Empire, Gag Rule, and Theater of War. "Movin' On Up: The Myth and Reality of Upward Mobility" was a 2:00 p.m. panel of the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival, held in the Borough Hall Community Room.

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00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker YOU JUST SAW A DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA, FROM THE 2009 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL. THE NEXT PANEL...
00:00:35 Unidentified Speaker HELLO AND WELCOME, EVERYONE. THE FIRST THING I NEED TO DO, THE ORGANIZERS OF THE BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL...
00:05:31 Unidentified Speaker IT IS OUR FOUNDING STORY, THE PURITANS COME TO OF -- THE EARLY ARRIVALS IN NEW ENGLAND OUR MERCHANT,...
00:08:43 Unidentified Speaker GLORIA, I WANT TO TURN TO YOU NEXT, YOUR MOST RECENT BOOK ADDRESSES THE HISTORY AND PERSISTENCE OF...
00:10:08 Unidentified Speaker IF WE GO BACK TO A JAMESTOWN COLONY, THAT IS HOW IT BEGINS IN 1607, THE JAMESTOWN COLONY IS A MOMENT...
00:15:43 Unidentified Speaker I THINK TO MAINTAIN MY RESEARCH SHOWS IS THAT A STRONG ECONOMY WITH VERY TIGHT LABOR MARKETS REALLY...
00:20:58 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO GO BACK TO EACH OF YOU WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND INVITE YOU IN THIS ROUND TO JUMP IN ON EACH...
00:21:33 Unidentified Speaker IT FLUCTUATES AND KATHRYN MAKES A POINT WHEN THERE ARE MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE NEED FOR LABOR....
00:23:30 Unidentified Speaker AND THERE IS NOT ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THE PAST, ONE GOLDEN MOMENT OF UPWARD MOBILITY WHEN PEOPLE...
00:23:41 Unidentified Speaker CERTAIN KINDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO PULL THEMSELVES UP. THE ENTREPRENEUR, THE GREAT PERFORMER,...
00:23:54 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEN WE WERE SETTLING THE AMERICAN WEST AND TRYING...
00:24:34 Unidentified Speaker MOST OF THEM ENDED UP AS SLAVES TO THE RAILROAD.
00:24:38 Unidentified Speaker CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT? I DON'T THINK IT IS AN ACCIDENT THAT THE COUNTRIES YOU POINTED TO HAVE HIGHER...
00:26:26 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:26:28 Unidentified Speaker THIS PUTS ME IN A VERY STRANGE SITUATION BECAUSE I SEE OPPORTUNITY. SO I SEE OPPORTUNITY. I SEE MANY,...
00:29:47 Unidentified Speaker BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. YOU BEGIN TO SEE BLACK QUARTERBACKS IN THE NFL.
00:29:55 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE PLENTY OF BLACK CORNERBACKS IN THE NFL. HOW MANY BLACK OWNERS OF THE TEAM DO WE HAVE? I MEAN,...
00:31:51 Unidentified Speaker BUT IT IS HOLDING BACK WHITE PEOPLE JUST AS MUCH.
00:31:53 Unidentified Speaker AND THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEMSELVES BACK FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
00:31:58 Unidentified Speaker BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE ON MOVING ON DOWN.
00:32:00 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE HAVE KEPT THEMSELVES DOWN BECAUSE JUST LIKE THAT, THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE WHO...
00:32:13 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE HERE. I MEAN, IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT THERE HAS BEEN...
00:35:04 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LEFT AND I WANT TO TAKE AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN FROM THE...
00:35:18 Unidentified Speaker HI. IMAGE AND THE HEALTH CARE TESTING EVERYTHING BRIEFLY, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT HOW THE COUNTRIES...
00:35:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, VERY QUICKLY, AND I'M SURE THAT CATHERINE CAN DO THIS AS WELL. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE...
00:37:48 Unidentified Speaker JUST ONE OTHER POINT IN THERE. ONE OF THE CHIEF SOURCES OF BANKRUPTCY IN THE UNITED STATES IS MEDICALLY...
00:39:45 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE IS NO REAL HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES OF TAKING CARE OF ITS PEOPLE. THE NOTION OF THE...
00:41:06 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:41:16 Unidentified Speaker YOU SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT GENDER INEQUITY, AS WELL AS RACIAL INEQUITY. WOULD EITHER OF YOU PLEASE COMMENT...
00:42:04 Unidentified Speaker WELL, VERY QUICKLY, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT JOHN JAY, I AM ALSO THE DIRECTOR...
00:43:57 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT WHILE THOSE GAPS ARE STILL THERE, THEY ARE A LOT SMALLER THAN THEY USED TO...
00:45:30 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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