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- Reed makes multiple connections between the 1978-1992 “retrenchment period” and the Covid-19 pandemic. He compares both of these events in order to make an overall point to the reader. During the retrenchment period, many staff in CUNYS, and just workers in general were all being cut from their jobs, and tuition was being increased. People were being left without a job, and the students weren’t getting a quality education, despite the fact that they were paying for it. A lot of people’s lives were being negatively affected by this. Similar to COVID-19 in 2020, the pandemic left thousands without jobs, shut down colleges and schools all over the country, and made it hard to live in America.
- Reed uses the term “death cult” in a very specific way within this article. Referring to the negative effects neoliberalism brought up with CUNY, he thinks that over the years as this continues, the economic model that New York City runs on will be turned into a “Death Cult.” Reed takes this quote from climate activists in Madrid, who also believed neoliberalism was inevitability a “Death Cult.” This means a guaranteed failure with no hopes of success. No matter what happens, something negative is bound to happen as it only brings about bad things that benefit the rich, and negatively affect the poor.
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- To summarize the reasoning the Fall 2019 Latinx Student alliance gave for more diversity in their curriculum, it is important to the students who attend Lehman college that they are able to see themselves represented within their college curriculum. For reference, Lehman is 56.1 Black/Latino. The fact that more than half of the school is black or Latino, but these students aren’t getting the correct representation in their own communities can be very alarming to some. Also, the alliance points out that diversifying the curriculum can bring benefits to future generations to come. More point of view from different authors all over the world is very important, compared to just the same British writers that overlook other stories that are just as important.
- Suggestions Reed makes for both anti-racist and anti-austerity groups at CUNY are the following: the 2 groups both had ten demands that were very good demands to make for CUNY, but both groups were leaving out many important things from these demands. Reed suggests that the 2 groups combine their demands, in order to make sure all the demands get activated instead of trying to push one issue out more than the other. The fact of the matter is that all of these issues are equally important, and one shouldn’t override the other. So if these demands get combined, they could get worked on and focused on at once.
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- Reed uses the term “death cult” in a very specific way within this article. Referring to the negative effects neoliberalism brought up with CUNY, he thinks that over the years as this continues, the economic model that New York City runs on will be turned into a “Death Cult.” Reed takes this quote from climate activists in Madrid, who also believed neoliberalism was inevitability a “Death Cult.” This means a guaranteed failure with no hopes of success. No matter what happens, something negative is bound to happen as it only brings about bad things that benefit the rich, and negatively affect the poor.
- Reed makes multiple connections between the 1978-1992 “retrenchment period” and the Covid-19 pandemic. He compares both of these events in order to make an overall point to the reader. During the retrenchment period, many staff in CUNYS, and just workers in general were all being cut from their jobs, and tuition was being increased. People were being left without a job, and the students weren’t getting a quality education, despite the fact that they were paying for it. A lot of people’s lives were being negatively affected by this. Similar to COVID-19 in 2020, the pandemic left thousands without jobs, shut down colleges and schools all over the country, and made it hard to live in America.
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