A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that’s considered exemplary. [Whereas] a poor kid who lives in that community and takes care of all the kids in that neighborhood four hours every day is not seen as a volunteer.

Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)

Why I question if the direction university programs is moving, in terms of things like the Community Service Learning (CSL) program and the push to volunteer and ‘get out into the community’ is actually only furthering the divide between those that have access to formal education and those that do not.

(via poemsofthedead)