Presented By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender
Feminism and the Politics of Welfare
Speaker: Premilla Nadasen (History, Queens College, CUNY)
“Food stamp fraud” and “welfare cheat” are the buzzwords that dominate the debate about poverty and government assistance today, as conservative politicians fret over the growing number of poor Americans qualifying for SNAP assistance. The stigmatization and criminalization of recipients of public assistance are not new.
Premilla Nadasen, author of "Welfare Warriors," looks back at the emergence of the “welfare queen” stereotype and the vibrant movement for welfare rights in the 1960s and 1970s and asks what we can learn from it about gender, race, ideology and the struggle for a decent standard of living.
“Food stamp fraud” and “welfare cheat” are the buzzwords that dominate the debate about poverty and government assistance today, as conservative politicians fret over the growing number of poor Americans qualifying for SNAP assistance. The stigmatization and criminalization of recipients of public assistance are not new.
Premilla Nadasen, author of "Welfare Warriors," looks back at the emergence of the “welfare queen” stereotype and the vibrant movement for welfare rights in the 1960s and 1970s and asks what we can learn from it about gender, race, ideology and the struggle for a decent standard of living.
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