If the “curatorial intelligence” you speak of involves presenting speakers (even if controversial) who might encourage dialog that raises our moral consciousness, then the efforts in Salzburg were not unjustified – and perhaps even commendable.
In the USA in 2009, households that had higher rates of food insecurity than the national average included households with children (21.3 percent), especially households with children headed by single women (36.6 percent) or single men (27.8 percent), Black non-Hispanic households (24.9 percent) and Hispanic households (26.9 percent).
For more details see: http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-101/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx
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If the “curatorial intelligence” you speak of involves presenting speakers (even if controversial) who might encourage dialog that raises our moral consciousness, then the efforts in Salzburg were not unjustified – and perhaps even commendable.
In the USA in 2009, households that had higher rates of food insecurity than the national average included households with children (21.3 percent), especially households with children headed by single women (36.6 percent) or single men (27.8 percent), Black non-Hispanic households (24.9 percent) and Hispanic households (26.9 percent).
For more details see: http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger/hunger-101/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx