Nadia Diaz Essays - Pierre Bourdieu, Capital, Anthropology

Nadia Diaz Professor Larson ENGL 100 6 Sept 2017 Summary of Cultural Capital In Tara J. Yo sso's article, "Whose Culture has Capital ? A Critical Race Theory Discussion of Community Cultural Wealth," she goes into depth about showing how ethnic minority groups have tons of different ways of staying strong and making it in the U.S. even though they may have barriers in their way. Pierre Bourdieu , a French sociologist; anthropologist; and philosopher, points out that if a child was not born into a family whose "knowledge is deemed valuable" already then, they would be able to access knowledge from a formal school setting. One of the main points in this article is racism. Over time racism has shaped the US social institutions since the twentieth century which makes it difficult for students who are a different ethnicity because there is an assumption that people of color "lack the social and cultural capital required for social mobility. In this article Yosso talks about the six-part Cultural Wealth Model that includes six different types of capital which are: Aspirational, familial, social, navigational, resistant, and linguistic. Out of the six capital I choose aspirational, familial, and social. Aspirational Capital is defined by Yosso as the "hopes and dreams" students have. Yosso explains that African American and Latina/o students and their families continue to have high educational aspirations despite persistent education inequities.