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The Power Broker #9: Majora Carter

2024/9/20
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Roman Mars和Elliot Kalan: 本期节目继续解读《权力经纪人》,分析罗伯特·摩西的权力运作模式及其对南布朗克斯等社区的负面影响,并邀请Majora Carter作为嘉宾,探讨其社区复兴策略。他们详细分析了摩西的权力运作方式,包括其奢华生活、对工作的狂热、对民主的漠视以及对规则的无视。他们还重点分析了摩西修建跨布朗克斯高速公路对东特蒙特社区居民造成的巨大伤害,包括大规模的房屋拆迁、居民的流离失所、生活环境的恶化以及社区的瓦解。他们指出,摩西只考虑自己的意愿,而不顾及居民的利益和感受,最终导致了社区的悲剧。 Majora Carter: Carter讲述了她成长于南布朗克斯的经历,以及摩西的工程如何影响了她的生活。她描述了社区长期遭受经济和精神上的剥夺,以及摩西的工程如何加剧了这些问题。她分享了她如何从最初想要逃离社区,到后来致力于社区复兴的故事。她参与了改善垃圾管理和建设亨茨角河滨公园等项目,并强调了赋予社区居民创造权的重要性。她认为,社区建设应注重人们的生活、工作和娱乐,让人们感到社区有价值,并通过实际行动来改变人们的观念,让人们看到社区可以变得更好。她还谈到了如何应对人们对社区建设的怀疑和批评,并强调了在社区建设中创造财富和保留财富的重要性。 Roman Mars和Elliot Kalan: 两位主持人总结了《权力经纪人》中关于摩西的描述,并与Majora Carter的观点进行对比。他们指出,摩西的工程旨在让人们快速通过,而不是让人们居住,而Carter则致力于让社区成为人们想要居住的地方。他们讨论了摩西的权力运作模式以及其对社区的负面影响,并赞扬了Carter的社区复兴策略。他们还强调了在社区建设中,想象力和赋予居民创造权的重要性。

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This is the ninth official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. 

This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down with Majora Carter, an urban revitalization strategist and real estate developer from the South Bronx. Growing up, she always viewed the neighborhood as a place she had to leave in order to find success. But as she got older, she began to undo some of Robert Moses’ legacy, like building Hunt’s Point Riverside Park along the Bronx River. She is a champion for bettering neighborhoods like the South Bronx, so that they are places where people want to remain—even when they have been ruined by a tyrant.

On today’s show, Elliott Kalan and Roman Mars will cover the third section of Part 6 (Chapter 35 through Chapter 38), discussing the major story beats and themes. 

The Power Broker #09: Majora Carter)

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