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Rationalizing privilege

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

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

When you’re rich and when you’re poor

January 25, 2011 by Jay Mahin 5 Comments

When you’re rich and lose money on a leveraged investment, you are a victim of the bad economy and deserved to be bailed out. When you’re poor and lose money on a risky investment, you’re a financially incompetent yahoo who chases get rich quick schemes. When you’re rich and a war is about to start, […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, Rationalizing privilege, stereotypes, unemployment, weight

Don’t be a classist anti-racist!

January 17, 2011 by Gita Gulati-Partee 3 Comments

While naming “white privilege” is an important part of exposing and dismantling structural racism, I can see how the term “privilege” is hard to swallow for white folks on the downside of our economic system.  Being marginalized in one power system doesn’t mean you can’t be privileged in another.  But this particular form of pushback […]

Filed Under: Classism in Diversity Work, Race and Class Tagged With: alliance-building, classism, diversity workshops, legacy admissions, race and class, racism, Rationalizing privilege

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

The Santa Secret: Santa Plays Favorites

December 19, 2010 by Amy Doering 7 Comments

Australian author Dr Joanne Faulkner created a stir worldwide recently when she advocated for parents to not tell their children the Santa Claus story. “[Parents] should not create a fantasy where children are not given any basis for knowing what’s real and what’s pretend.” She said that she regretting telling her children about Santa, telling […]

Filed Under: Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: bullying, classism, consumerism, favoritism, kids, Rationalizing privilege

Obstructed Views from the Country Club

November 2, 2010 by Jessica Holden Sherwood 3 Comments

I was born and raised in New England, half Jewish, half WASP.  Went to the same prep school as my grandmother, and the same college as my great-grandfather.  I ended up in graduate school for sociology, with a specialization in class + race + gender inequalities. I heard the occasional call for studying the unmarked […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: Country Clubs, Rationalizing privilege, snobs

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