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Juneteenth: Winner Take All

June 18, 2016 by Class Action Leave a Comment

A January 2016 survey by YouGov.com revealed that the majority of white Americans view African Americans as takers vs. givers by a significant margin, 50% to 16% – with 34% unsure. Conversely, 45% of African Americans see themselves as givers. But it is troubling that 19% see themselves as takers, and a whopping 36% are […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Institutional racism, Race and Class Tagged With: blaming the victim, classism, Rationalizing privilege

Surviving Rape and then
Surviving the Burden of Class Bias

April 29, 2016 by Class Action Leave a Comment

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here Class Action’s Annie Hamilton writes about the benefit of not actually “seeing” rape survivors, so she and other people personing the telephone lines can be free of class and other bias as they support survivors.  On the rape crisis hotline, I cannot see who I am talking to on the other […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Women and Class Tagged With: blaming the victim, class and sexual assault, classism

African Americans and Classism:

February 29, 2016 by Class Action 2 Comments

It’s Complicated When I started this post, I thought it would be a straight-forward musing on classism on and in African-American communities. A few minutes in, and I found that I didn’t know where to start. Should I write about the devastating effect that the intersectionality of classism and racism has on individuals and communities? Should I […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class prejudice, Classism, Dealing with privilege Tagged With: classism, education, intersectionality, middle class, privilege, race and class, racism, stereotypes

Health Class

January 12, 2016 by Class Action Leave a Comment

There is a wealth of data that tells us that class is a huge determinant of your health. This information is critical for policy change. And as someone working in the fields of human rights and social justice, I fought hard to share this information with decision makers that could do something about the issue. […]

Filed Under: Health care access, Poverty Tagged With: public services, unemployment

It’s Not What You Say, but How?

December 17, 2015 by Class Action 2 Comments

Using Language as a Weapon of Classism A British friend of mine, who met and married his American wife in London, told me that he dreaded attending her job-related social functions in “The Square Mile.” As a bank executive, her coworkers were mostly upper middle-class, and they, along with banking and corporate elites, attended these […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Class prejudice, Classism Tagged With: class cultures, classism, privilege, snobs, stereotypes

Oh No He Didn’t!

November 24, 2015 by Class Action Leave a Comment

Check biased behavior before it keeps your holidays from being merry and bright. As I thought last week about Thanksgiving dinner and hosting my extended family, it dawned on me that I should also think about – and be prepared for – the many ways that the dinner conversation could take an unpleasant turn. The […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class prejudice, Teaching about class, Workplace classism Tagged With: class cultures, classism, owning class, Rationalizing privilege, speaking up

Election Day 2015

November 2, 2015 by Class Action Leave a Comment

Despite “get out the vote” efforts by civic groups, nonprofit organizations, religious institutions and political parties, millions of registered voters in towns and cities across America won’t bother to vote tomorrow, Election Day 2015. Some will tell you that they are just too busy. Many will tell you that they see no value in voting […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Classism in Politics, Electoral politics Tagged With: classism, democracy and class, money in politics, policy, privilege, voting

Pope Francis’ Call to Action

September 29, 2015 by Class Action Leave a Comment

Paving a New Path for Economic Equality Last Thursday my heart swelled with pride as I listened to Pope Francis call the U.S. Congress to action against the extreme economic inequality in the United States and throughout the world. In his opening remarks, he reminded Congress of their larger mission to “defend and preserve the […]

Filed Under: Religion and Class, Spirituality and Ending Classism Tagged With: religion, religious teachings

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