Acting Collectively Towards Equity: Interracial Coalition-Building
Description
This work will provide insight into the concepts and strategies that may help explain how racial/ethnic minority groups, particularly racial/ethnic minority populations within the United States, exact change for their communities while working in/outside historically inaccessible, deep-seated institutional systems of power. This paper will draw context pertaining to the collective action theories through several sources, how they apply to racial/ethnic minority socio-political groups and movements and provide insight on how these two particular communities build coalitions amongst one another as a means to uplift their respective communities facing similar forms of oppressive legislation and systems. After its investigation, this piece will conclude that collective action, and active coalition-building, amongst minority communities, is key to empowering these respective communities to catalyze the change necessary to secure true equity and equality within the United States.
Date Created
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2020-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Acuna, Edward Jacob
- Thesis director: Hero, Rodney
- Committee member: Herrera, Richard
- Contributor (ctb): School of Politics and Global Studies
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College