Monday Draft Week 10, Grace Burchett

1) In “Programas sin Verguenza” the author states that “Rather than conducting them in private spheres, Chicanas were bringing these conversations to the public airwaves, giving women the knowledge that they may not have received elsewhere” (page 187). Do you think that social media today plays a similar role in bringing Chicana conversations to the public sphere? Or do you think these two platforms, radio and social media, are not comparable? Why or why not?

2) In “Programas sin Verguenza”, they said that “Current statistics show that people of color hold just over 7 percent of radio licenses while women hold less than 7 percent of all TV and radio station licenses” (page 189). This really surprised me, especially because they said these numbers were comparable to the 1970s. Did this number also surprise you? How do you think we can increase the number of people of color and women in radio today?

3) Reading #3 stated that we need to “take care of the vulnerable communities right now, and do it right, or we’ll all suffer,” Perez said. How do you think Washington State could have been proactive about taking care of vulnerable communities at the outbreak of the crisis, and what can the state government do going forward?