Back to Revolutionary Theory Through Racialized Poverty:The McGee Family's Utopian Struggle for Milwaukee

摘要

In this article, I consider possible political action that can reverse deepening racialized poverty in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. At its core, this article uses the efforts of the McGee family, an important activist familyspanning three generations within Milwaukee, to offer insights into conceptualizing alternative strategiesfor confronting racialized poverty in Milwaukee. I also use the McGees's story to reconsider the waysgeographers might generate revolutionary theory. The article is based on more than thirty interviews andseveral focus groups with a mixed array of people related to a broad temporal, spatial, and political researchproject on poverty, race, and inequality within Milwaukee