• I talked about it a bit in my personal story
  • Before I start this piece, I want you to keep in mind that I am solidly in the middle class from a western country
  • Both my parents went to university
  • They both had professional jobs and were financially stable throughout my childhood

Cultural capital - Wikipedia

• Would LOVE collaborators on this - especially anyone from a working class background or from a non-western country
• More personal examples:
  • Didn’t know what dialectics were and got made fun of
  • Didn’t understand the role of “strategy”
  • Didn’t understand what “researchers” did
• Ways EA is already good at this
  • I think that EA as a movement is very good at not skipping steps or using shorthand
  • I like that norms are to link to concepts rather than just assuming the reader recognises them.

Outline

I. Introduction

• Personal background and context for discussing class and effective altruism (EA)

II. Defining cultural capital

• Explanation of cultural capital and how it relates to class and EA

III. Personal examples of cultural capital issues

• Sharing personal examples of cultural capital issues experienced by the author

IV. Collaborating with those from different backgrounds

• Invitation for collaborators from diverse backgrounds to join the conversation

V. Ways EA is good at addressing cultural capital issues

• Praise for EA's approach to addressing cultural capital issues

VI. Conclusion

• Reflection on the importance of addressing cultural capital issues in EA and beyond