A Kitchen-Table Talk About Community Cultural Wealth in the Time of COVID-19

Abstract

ABSTRACT In recognition of the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic pronounced racialized and ethnicized inequities, five educators and community activists from across the United States gathered to reflect on the ways Black and Brown communities have developed community cultural wealth in the time of COVID-19. The authors gathered on Zoom to share their personal, familial, and communal experiences with COVID-19. Moreover, they shared narratives of familial and communal beauty, resistance, and complexity that highlighted how Black and Brown communities collaborate in the face of — and respond to — adversity. The authors’ collaboration unveils not only what communities have done to develop cultural wealth but also what individuals and communities have learned from the pandemic.