In our last class meeting we identified a number of barriers to the message of Econocide. The following is a list of barriers to the message of Econocide that we identified in class:
• As a society we are not nurtured to nurture empathy.
• We look at poverty and those in the disadvantaged
classes as just part of the natural order of things.• It's hard to even think or see econocide when Over-the-Rhine has received so much new investment.
• When we see econocide we feel shame and guilt, and no one wants to feel guilty.
• As a nation the dominant ideology is that all people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
• Many feel that someone else will take care of those affected by econocide--that it is not my problem.
• We don't especially want to talk about such negative matters.
• We feel that poor people are just lazy; that if I worked hard to get a head in life, so can they.
For this Blog discussion, we would like you to post additional barriers to spreading the message of Econocide. What other obstacles stand in the way of effectively communicating the message of Econocide?
Try and come up with two or three barriers. In addition, in about 50 words, discuss how a possible class OTR Campaign project might address one or more of the barriers identified thus far.
We will use the list of barriers that our class develops to help us think through class projects during our next class meeting.
