CR#5 Prompt: On the Faces of Oppression and the Importance of Lo Cotidiano (Diaz article)

What? How do Iris Marion Young and Ada Isasi-Diaz define and explain the concept of Oppression? What does Diaz mean when she identifies herself as “oppressed and impoverished”?

So What? What is the significance of observing and articulating of the day-to-day, what Diaz calls lo cotidiano experiences? Share a moment or seemingly mundane pattern that has larger implications of the larger structure of things. (Use textual evidence to make connection to your personal and community experiences)

Now What? What are 2–3 ways you could start to observe lo cotidiano experiences in the lives of people you work with in the community? Cite ideas from readings, and consider the particular context of your community partner’s program. Be concrete and specific when you list and explain the strategies — more than just “paying more attention.”