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criminal justice system

Les Miz: Class themes in Oscar nominees #2

February 24, 2013 by Betsy Leondar-Wright Leave a Comment

The poverty in the Les Miserables movie seems more realistic than most poverty portrayed in fiction in one crucial aspect: the way desperately poor people in Les Miz are preyed upon. Fantine is deceived and ripped off by the Thénardiers, who try to extort as much money as possible from fostering her daughter. Then as […]

Filed Under: Class Themes in Film and Fiction, Poverty Tagged With: blaming the victim, bullying, classism, criminal justice system, immigrants, poverty

Economists can’t be rapists? Hotel maids are lunatics?

May 19, 2011 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 3 Comments

In rushing to the defense of accused rapist and head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn, well-known conservative commentator Ben Stein has stooped to blatant classist stereotypes. His headline on the American Spectator website, “Presumed Innocent, Anyone?,” implies that he’s just asking for a fair trial before judgment – a reasonable point. But look […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Online Classism, Politics and Class Tagged With: classism, criminal justice system, Rationalizing privilege

Restorative Circles: Justice without Classism

December 13, 2010 by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez 4 Comments

We know the justice system is biased by inequality. The best justice money can buy. And the locations where this justice system is carried out – courtrooms, classrooms, living rooms, workplaces – are filled with people labeled with roles of unequal status: the judge and the accused, the cop and the criminal, the parent and […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Politics and Class Tagged With: classism, conflict resolution, criminal justice system

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