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Susan Legere

Susan Legere

About Susan Legere

So Wrong, It’s Not Even Close to Right

May 3, 2011 by Susan Legere 2 Comments

This crass advertisement for a “unique luxury resort” in Las Vegas assaulted my eyeballs from the pages of the January issue of Architectural Digest. The photo and copy (“I love hard labor – I could watch it all day”) imply that “enjoying the finer things in life is only part of the fun; up here, […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism Tagged With: classism, media classism, snobs, super-rich

Special Delivery: Mexican-in-a-Box

January 27, 2011 by Susan Legere 6 Comments

I found myself an unprepared witness to a classist/racist “joke” where and when I least expected it.  Should I have intervened?  Is there a way to turn such ugliness into a “teachable moment”? One afternoon I was waiting in line at my university’s mailroom behind a rowdy group of undergraduate men.  The students—mostly white and […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Classism in Everyday Life, Race and Class Tagged With: classism, classist comments, Conflict-avoidance, race and class, racism, service workers

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