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Classism in the Economy

Class and the Labor-Environmental Divide

October 15, 2014 by Chuck Collins Leave a Comment

How do we address the deep class and culture divide that has opened up between workers and environmental activists? We are heading to a potentially severe clash between green advocates who advocate for reducing carbon emissions and labor-community activists concerned about jobs, racial equity and reducing extreme wealth inequality. Both the climate crisis and the […]

Filed Under: Classism in Progressive Movement Groups, Classism in the Economy, Environmental classism, Labor movement Tagged With: climate change, climate crisis, inequality, just transition

Through the Front Door

July 31, 2014 by Caitlin Zinsser 1 Comment

In recent news, New York City council members revealed that a new Manhattan high-rise, in which 20% of the units will be reserved for subsidized housing, will have a separate entrance for those units. In the basest terms, low-income residents will be entering through the “back door,” reminiscent of that reserved for servants in earlier […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Building Economic Alternatives, Classism in the Economy, Poverty, Religion and Class Tagged With: Christianity, classism, community-building

Economist Piketty Offers Bold New Perspective on Inequality

May 16, 2014 by David Brodwin Leave a Comment

In a tour de force of economic analysis that has swept Washington, a 42-year-old French economist has upended conventional wisdom about the causes and consequences of inequality. Tom Piketty’s new book, “Capital in the Twenty-first Century,” quickly hit the New York Times best seller list and earned its author a seat at the table with […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Corporate power, Politics and Class Tagged With: economic inequality, policy, trickle down

Solutions for servers subsisting on tips

March 25, 2014 by Maria Myotte 1 Comment

There are plenty of industries out there that we wish would do better by their workers, but the restaurant industry poses a very specific problem. Here’s the largest and fastest growing economic sector in the US producing 6 of 10 lowest paying jobs in the country. Why? The majority of their workforce don’t get paychecks. […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Classist Corporations, Corporate power, Money, Politics and Class, Workplace classism Tagged With: low-wage jobs, restaurant jobs

Capitalism’s Curtain Call

March 23, 2014 by Paddy Vipond 1 Comment

There seems to be an elephant in the room when we are discussing the issue of classism. This elephant is so large, and so huge, that the overwhelming majority of us believe that it is actually partaking in the discussion. That it is a member of the debate, and so we pay little attention to […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Classism on the Road Tagged With: capitalism, classism, public transportation

Black History and White History are Inseparable

February 26, 2014 by Brian Miller Leave a Comment

The schoolhouse version of Black History Month has rightfully focused on elevating African-Americans who have made great achievements in American history: writers, inventors, and public officials. Giving kids a sense of the possible is an important part of inspiring young people to strive to be the best they can be. However, a true understanding of Black […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Politics and Class, Race and Class

400 Billionaires = Wealth of All 41 Million African-Americans

January 17, 2014 by Chuck Collins 1 Comment

Click here for updated numbers for 2015 from the new Forbes 400 Report. Preview: Just two years later, the wealthiest 100 now have as much wealth as entire African American population. The racial wealth divide has reached new heights. The billionaires that make up the “Forbes 400” list have as much wealth as the entire African-American […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Race and Class Tagged With: African Americans, billionaires, racial wealth gap, super-rich, wealth gap

Wondering how to respond to a classist guy

January 14, 2014 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 3 Comments

Is there any point to engaging with someone who’s rigidly dug in to their classism, or other oppressive attitudes? I had to think hard about that question after a difficult conversation over breakfast at a B&B. One of the guests was beyond oblivious, into the realm of deliberately offensive. As I tell the story, I […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, college, foreclosures

Isn’t it Time for All Workers to Have More Job Security?

December 10, 2013 by Rand Wilson Leave a Comment

The United States is alone among industrialized countries in allowing workers to be considered “at will” employees and dismissed for any reason – justified or not, unless protected by a union contract or individual agreement. Labor should seize the opportunity to champion the passage of “just cause” dismissal standards into state laws. It’s a labor […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Classist Corporations, Labor movement, Workplace classism Tagged With: fairness, job security, workplace

“You Don’t Look Like a Homeowner”

November 20, 2013 by Celeste Harmer 1 Comment

For years my husband and I have nurtured the dream of homeownership, and when it finally came true last year, we were in heaven…but then reality caught up to us, as we ran into people who didn’t think we looked the part. We live in a condominium complex.  All the units are privately owned, and […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: ageism, classism, homeownership, renters, stereotypes

Gentrification and My New Old Neighborhood

October 29, 2013 by Melody Chapin 1 Comment

In 1999 my classrooms in Somerville, Massachusetts– a culturally diverse city bordering Boston– were mosaics of colors and cultures, with students from as far away as Tibet to students whose families had lived in town since the Revolutionary War.  Today in Somerville, hipsters are the name and gentrification is the game. In ’99, my neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: class cultures, gentrification, hipsters, neighborhood

Debt-Shaming in Contemporary Capitalism

October 28, 2013 by Gale Newell 3 Comments

I know that Dave Ramsey’s advice has done a lot of good things for a lot of people. There are thousands of people who are currently living debt-free as a result of Ramsey’s approach to personal finance—that’s great, and I’m not trying to take anything away from that. I’m simply saying that, even though Dave […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: blaming the victim, classism, debt

Destroying Labor Law in the “Sharing Economy”

September 3, 2013 by Lita Kurth 6 Comments

Many a magazine, including the usually liberal New Yorker, has gone ga-ga about Taskrabbit, AirBnB, Elance, and other new companies that in one fell swoop make a mockery of fair labor practices, regulated consumer products, minimum wage, and taxes. In a rather lengthy article in which a New Yorker writer gushed about her Taskrabbit experiences, […]

Filed Under: Building Economic Alternatives, Class in The News, Classism in the Economy, Labor movement, Poverty

Food, fracking, and farms: Climate issues are class issues

July 23, 2013 by Noah Bogdonoff 2 Comments

I’m often disappointed by the narrow scope of the environmental movement’s rhetoric and, more importantly, the narrow scope of its constituency. It’s no secret that the mainstream environmental movement is largely an affluent, white effort. As an “environmentalist” (I’ll explain the quotes in a bit), I don’t think this is particularly surprising—the struggle for class, […]

Filed Under: Classism in the Economy, Environmental classism Tagged With: climate change, environmentalists, social movements

Snob Zones

July 8, 2013 by Lisa Prevost Leave a Comment

Long known as an affluent suburban oasis just to the north of New York City, Westchester County has lately gained infamy as a bastion of exclusion. An anti-discrimination group sued the county in 2006, questioning why it remains strikingly segregated despite having vowed to further fair housing as a condition of receiving tens of millions […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, Rationalizing privilege, real estate, snobs, zoning

Wealthy Kids Pulling Away: Accelerating Privilege, Compounding Disadvantage

June 21, 2013 by Chuck Collins Leave a Comment

How does the system of class advantage reproduce itself, generation after generation? Let me count the ways. I have an article in the latest issue of American Prospect called “The New Politics of Inherited Advantage.” I summarize the mountain of growing research demonstrating how affluent families engage in what sociologists call the “intergenerational transmission of […]

Filed Under: Class in Higher Education, Class in The News, Classism among Kids, Classism in K-12 Education, Classism in the Economy

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

Memorial Day: It’s the Least Wealthy Who Serve and Suffer the Most in War

May 25, 2013 by Pete Daly Leave a Comment

“People like us don’t have children in the military”. I come in contact with a lot of military families. What is notable is the majority of people in the military don’t come from the upper middle class or wealthy communities. And the ones who have seen combat are not mindlessly gung-ho. If you have lost […]

Filed Under: Classism, Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy

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

Need vs. Greed: Greed Wins

March 13, 2013 by Lita Kurth Leave a Comment

I’ve been interviewing people and carrying out research lately on housing affordability in San Jose, and what I’ve found has been both heartbreaking and enraging. In a city and area where housing is jaw-droppingly expensive, some of the wealthy exploit the poor, or worse, take for themselves public goods intended for the needy. Beginning my […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy, Internalized classism, Money, Poverty Tagged With: affordable housing, homeless, immigrants, poverty

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