Dr. Ebun Joseph

Racial Capitalism & What Youth Can Do About It

The economy we all know may use capitalism to demand our dollars, but there is still a way we can demand them back. As homeownership seems to slip further and further out of the reach of this generation, we need a new solution to make and keep more money. This solution may not be very new at all - enter community money-managing systems. Stemming from African philosophy, a like-minded community saving and distributing money together may bring us closer to our milestones than we ever thought we could get. Your host Serena Bahadur and Critical Race professor Dr. Ebun Joseph discuss how taking part in this idea could help you jump over the racialized barriers of money access and straight into success.

About

Dr. Joseph is a Nigerian-Irish lecturer, author and consultant. As a Black feminist, her activism focuses on equity instead of equality. Based in Ireland, she is the founder and coordinator of the very first Black Studies module in the country at University College Dublin. Dr. Joseph is also a Race Relations Consultant, the Director Institute of Antiracism and Black Studies, and a Chairperson for the African Scholars Associations Ireland. Notably, she has recently published her 2020 book “Racial Stratification in Ireland: A Critical Race Theory of Labour Market Inequality” with the Manchester University Press. With a pressing focus on racial capitalism as the context for her work, Dr. Ebun Joseph highlights alternatives to the systems and viewpoints that dominate our societies.