Technical self-education does not win residents a seat at decision tables

Evidence

Believing that “intelligence” is an “equalizer,” CRCQL members sought to familiarize themselves and other Chester residents with the terminology and technology of the facilities. Nevertheless, even as the residents educated themselves, government and industry representatives continued to ignore them. Meetings with facility representatives were completely unsatisfactory; the residents felt unacknowledged and unheard. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 236

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Technical jargon functions as a silencing weapon against unschooled residents — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 235