Youth of Color Social Movements for Racial Justice: The Politics of Interrogating the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Youth social movements for racial justice, especially against police violence, are on the rise. And this broader policy landscape is reflective of how youth are addressing racism in policing in their local context. Therefore, by drawing upon scholarship related to Black Radicalism, activism, and social movements, this study examines how youth of color activists are fighting against the overpolicing of their schools and communities in two specific contexts: Wake County, North Carolina and Chicago, Illinois. This study demonstrates how context shapes youth of color social movement building, that youth are strategic in how they employ activism, and ultimately adults can either impede or help advance youth’s demands for justice.

ADRD Caregiving Experiences and Health by Race, Ethnicity and Care Recipient Geographic Context

Few studies have examined how the intersectionality of geographic context and race/ethnicity influences Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) caregiving. Our aims were to determine whether 1) caregiver experiences and health differed across urban and rural areas; and 2) these links were moderated by caregiver race/ethnicity. We used data from the 2017 National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregiving. The sample included caregivers (n=808) of care recipients ages 65+ with ‘probable’ ADRD (n=482). Geographic context was defined as care recipient’s residence in metro (urban) or non-metro (rural) counties. Outcomes included caregiving experiences (burden, gains, life impacts, service/resource use) and health (self-rated, anxiety, depression symptoms, chronic health conditions). Bivariate analyses indicated that non-metro ADRD caregivers were less racially/ethnically diverse (82.7% white) and more were spouses/partners (20.2%). Among racial/ethnic minority ADRD caregivers, non-metro context was associated with having more chronic conditions (p<.01), providing less care (p<.01), and not co-residing with care recipients (p<.001). Amid white ADRD caregivers, non-metro context was associated with not reporting caregiving was more than they could handle (p<.05) and finding financial assistance for caregiving (p<.05). Multivariate regression analyses demonstrated that non-metro minority ADRD caregivers had 3.09 times higher odds (95% CI=1,02-9.36) of reporting anxiety in comparison to metro minority ADRD caregivers. Geographic context shapes ADRD caregiving experiences and caregiver health differently across racial/ethnic groups. Despite higher rates of ADRD and ADRD-related mortality in non-metro areas, findings suggest both positive and negative aspects of caregiving among White, Black, and Hispanic ADRD caregivers.

A Pilot Assessment of How Muslim Scientists Perceive Inclusion in the Scientific Workplace

Much of the social science literature on how religious and scientific communities relate to one another is focused on the relationship Christian communities have to science in the US and to a lesser extent the UK. Our pilot research begins to address this gap by studying Muslim scientists, a key group of actors who are important to understanding the social implications of global discussions about religion and science. We ask: How do Muslim scientists in non-Muslim majority national contexts perceive the relationship between religion and science and the connection between their faith and their work? In this pilot study, we analyze 13 in-depth interviews with Muslim scientists from three non-Muslim majority national contexts—France, India, and the United Kingdom. We find that Muslim scientists in our sample generally view their faith as compatible with their identities as scientists. Despite this connection, Muslim scientists do not consider the scientific workplace to be a supportive environment for their faith expression and believe the visibility of Muslim identity creates the potential for religious discrimination in science. Initial findings contribute to our understanding of how national context shapes religious experiences and highlights potential challenges to facilitating more religiously plural workplace environments.

Introduction

In this introductory chapter, we first outline what we mean by ‘digital work’ and why this creates new methodological challenges. Here we specifically consider the difficulties of observing everyday work practices as they occur often invisibly in silent communion between workers and their devices, in new and various workspaces, across a widely distributed and shifting group of workers, and as they are shaped by the workings of hidden algorithms. Subsequently, we also consider a variety of critical research processes for understanding digital work including: accessing digital data; understanding how context shapes digital data; and the meshing of virtual and embodied research presence. We end the chapter by introducing the four sections of the book—screenwork, digital working practices, distributed work, and digital traces of work—each of which comprises four reflexive accounts of researchers’ experiences in developing methods that can capture digital aspects of work and organization.

‘Once You Say the Word Gender, People Become Afraid’: The Consequences of the Gender Backlash in Education in Brasil

Conservative religious, activist and political groups fuel gender backlash in many spaces. This paper explores this phenomenon and its effects on educational programs designed to prevent gender-based violence in Brasilian schools. It argues that this gender backlash in educative spaces violates fundamental rights, like the right to equality and protection against discrimination and violence, and ultimately contributes to the continuity and escalation of gender-based violence in Brasil. This context shapes advocacy work and the facilitators and participants of its programs. Primary prevention research is mainly conducted in the Global North. This article, guided by a southern feminist framework and informed by 14 interviews with Brasilian advocates engaged in youth gender-based violence prevention programs, addresses a significant knowledge deficit and offers new insights in working in challenging contexts. It suggests that the backlash is mostly directed at LGBTIQA+ cohorts due to the ongoing political attacks on these groups, but it has also undermined the capacity of educational prevention strategies for gender-based violence more widely.