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Middle Class Brats?

April 9, 2011 by Linda Carney-Goodrich 21 Comments

I fear I am raising spoiled-rotten, middle-class brats. I fear I am raising the very kind of children I would have hated as a child. Why? Because they are comfortable and cozy and have everything they need in their day-to-day lives. They do not go hungry. They do not wear shoes with holes or ones […]

Filed Under: Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life, Poverty Tagged With: kids, middle class, parenting, poverty, Rationalizing privilege

Caregiver Unions: Much Needed But Most Vulnerable Now

February 22, 2011 by Steve Early Leave a Comment

Often overlooked amid the current attacks on long-established public sector unions around the country is the threat to recently organized workers, who are the lowest paid and most badly treated. When “regular” state workers are under attack, it’s not easy to improve the conditions of a contingent workforce of direct care providers at the bottom […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy, Poverty Tagged With: budget cuts, poverty, union-bashing

What was the most classist comment of 2010?

January 2, 2011 by Betsy Leondar-Wright 8 Comments

It was a bumper year for callous, elitist politicians and CEOs spouting off in public. Cast your vote for one of these doozies, or add another 2010 classist comment to this list: • When Carl Paladino ran for governor of New York, he got a lot of media coverage for his homophobic, racist and anti-Muslim […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy, Classist Corporations Tagged With: CEOs, classism, poverty, Rationalizing privilege, welfare bashing

‘Tis the Season When the Poor are Freezin’

December 23, 2010 by Jacqueline Homan 12 Comments

Lack of enough opportunity, social inequality, and exploitation are the main factors in capitalist America that cause poverty, but an often overlooked contributor are the “ghetto taxes” and abusive social policies that go hand in glove with lack of incomes that keeps people poor. Ghetto taxes are the extra fees, rates, and miscellaneous surcharges that […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Politics and Class Tagged With: classism, deregulation, poverty

Defending my vibrant neighborhood

November 18, 2010 by Julie Joy Leave a Comment

Recently four people were killed about ten houses away from where I grew up in Mattapan, a neighborhood of Boston. The neighborhood was maligned by the media coverage which plastered the headlines “Massacre in Mattapan” in large print across the 6:00 news every night. That image of Mattapan was permanently emblazoned across the minds of […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in K-12 Education, Poverty Tagged With: classism, kids, poverty, racism

A Wealth of Whammies for Youth in Poverty

November 12, 2010 by Paul C. Gorski 12 Comments

It is unjust enough that scores of young people in the United States are denied basic human rights; that even in a country which paints itself as a global model of human rights, kids go without food, safe and affordable housing, equitable schooling opportunities, and healthcare. Heck, in a country with the level of resources […]

Filed Under: Classism in K-12 Education, Poverty Tagged With: kids, meritocracy, poverty, Ruby Payne

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