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Jay Mahin

About Jay Mahin

It’s not only the rich who carry out classism

June 11, 2013 by Jay Mahin 5 Comments

Should the one percent be exclusively blamed for creating our stratified society? Occupy Wall Street came, and to some degree, has gone. Like many professional middle class progressive movements, its main focus has been on inequality between the owning class and everyone else. However, is the 1 percent owning class completely guilty for the stratification […]

Filed Under: #Occupy, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, health care

10 Ways a Corporate Workplace is Worse than a Casino

May 7, 2013 by Jay Mahin 2 Comments

1. A Casino is legally required to post the odds of each bet. Corporate workplaces can lie about your chances of rising to the top. 2. If you gamble in a casino using a line of credit and lose, you can file for bankruptcy. If you take out a student loan to go to college […]

Filed Under: Classist Corporations, Workplace classism Tagged With: corporations, money, student loans

The Ivy League: a class-based sorting system

April 9, 2013 by Jay Mahin 1 Comment

Barack Obama’s election represented a triumph for African Americans who suffered years of race- and class-based oppression. Electing a black president was definitely a plus for African Americans and society as a whole. Among his opponents in 2008 were working class whites who were attracted to Sarah Palin. Many of these people seem to fit […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism in the Economy, Race and Class Tagged With: classism, education, privilege, the Ivy League, white working class

Lance Armstrong and the Illusion of Meritocracy

January 21, 2013 by Jay Mahin Leave a Comment

The psychology of the “Anti-Lance Armstrong Brigade” illustrates exactly why socioeconomic inequality is increasing so much in this country. While Lance Armstrong is privileged by his race and class, the nature of the attacks against him illustrate what is wrong with society today. To clarify, I do not condone cheating in sports. However, I do […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Politics and Class

Anti-Classism and the Populist Right

January 8, 2013 by Jay Mahin 2 Comments

Within the past two decades, the American professional and business world has begun to develop into a caste system based on the college that one attended. It seems that across industries from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, having an Ivy League degree has become the litmus test for intelligence and competence. There are hundreds of […]

Filed Under: Politics and Class

Cautionary notes about liberals’ election self-congratulations

November 15, 2012 by Jay Mahin 1 Comment

The election and reelection of Obama is a historical milestone in race relations. It is a definitely an achievement we should be proud of. We truly have came along way since, the days of reconstruction, when it was unusual for an African American to even visit the white house. While Obama’s election and reelection truly […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Politics and Class, Race and Class Tagged With: classism, racism, snobs, white working class, working class

An interesting class culture question

January 30, 2012 by Jay Mahin 5 Comments

To what extent is a person’s class culture determined by the environment they are raised in, and to what extent is it determined by their parents’ class culture? What do I mean? I have noticed an interesting phenomenon: In owning-class old money families eventually the money runs out and people are forced to raise the […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: class cultures, kids, owning class, working class

Ironies of hip places and companies

June 12, 2011 by Jay Mahin Leave a Comment

The San Francisco Bay area is the most open minded, experimental, and  inclusive place in the world. It is full of a million young white/Asian professionals with lofts, Iphones, and lattes who all vote Democrat and all think differently. Google and Apple are the most broad minded, Inclusive, Egalitarian, and thinking-out-of-the-box companies. They are open […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classist Corporations Tagged With: classism, racism

When you’re rich and when you’re poor

January 25, 2011 by Jay Mahin 5 Comments

When you’re rich and lose money on a leveraged investment, you are a victim of the bad economy and deserved to be bailed out. When you’re poor and lose money on a risky investment, you’re a financially incompetent yahoo who chases get rich quick schemes. When you’re rich and a war is about to start, […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, Rationalizing privilege, stereotypes, unemployment, weight

25 Reasons why working at McDonald’s is better than being a graduate student

October 27, 2010 by Jay Mahin 23 Comments

25. In order to get promoted at McDonald’s, there is no need to invent an original sandwich and defend it. 24. You are guaranteed a meal at McDonald’s. 23. McDonald’s has more people of color in top positions. 22. Once you submit an order to a customer, either the customer tells you what is wrong […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education Tagged With: classism, graduate school, Higher Education, living wage, McDonalds

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