A drinking fountain, for instance

Slow violence .

Image of Ranita Ray.

We interview sociology professor Ranita Ray about her book, ‘Slow Violence,’ (from St. Martin’s Press) where she details the unexpected and corrosive dangers she found in a very common place.

Bridging the Bones
Bridging the Bones
A Drinking Fountain, for Instance
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Timestamps
  • 0:52 – Drinking fountains
  • 2:14 – Radical ethnography
  • 2:57 – Clark County, Las Vegas
  • 3:36 – View of knowledge
  • 6:32 – Population: Typical
  • 8:31 – Why “Slow Violence”
  • 10:00 – Authority figures
  • 17:38 – Pity the youth
  • 20:08 – Comparison with white students
  • 25:33 – Trauma as label
  • 31:31 – Solutions?