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Joan Nikelsky

Joan Nikelsky

About Joan Nikelsky

Joan Nikelsky is a working-class-raised woman from Philadelphia, now retired, and former member of the Working Class Support Group of Movement for a New Society, co-authoring the pamphlet "Class and Social Change," published by New Society Publishers. She has led workshops on class and money issues, including cost-sharing the expenses of workshops and gatherings. She was active in the Women's Alliance for Job Equity in Philadelphia and did public speaking on pay equity issues.

Responding to an anti-immigrant email

May 17, 2011 by Joan Nikelsky Leave a Comment

An old friend sent me an unbelievable poem, probably not realizing it would offend me. It was titled “Mexican Poem.” It starts like this: My first impulse was to write back and say right off the bat how racist and classist it is. But I thought that might not be well received if I started […]

Filed Under: Classism, Classism in Politics, Online Classism, Race and Class Tagged With: anti-immigrant, classism, race and class, racism, super-rich, welfare bashing

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