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African Americans and Classism:

February 29, 2016 by Class Action 2 Comments

It’s Complicated When I started this post, I thought it would be a straight-forward musing on classism on and in African-American communities. A few minutes in, and I found that I didn’t know where to start. Should I write about the devastating effect that the intersectionality of classism and racism has on individuals and communities? Should I […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class prejudice, Classism, Dealing with privilege Tagged With: classism, education, intersectionality, middle class, privilege, race and class, racism, stereotypes

It’s Not What You Say, but How?

December 17, 2015 by Class Action 2 Comments

Using Language as a Weapon of Classism A British friend of mine, who met and married his American wife in London, told me that he dreaded attending her job-related social functions in “The Square Mile.” As a bank executive, her coworkers were mostly upper middle-class, and they, along with banking and corporate elites, attended these […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Class prejudice, Classism Tagged With: class cultures, classism, privilege, snobs, stereotypes

Language Matters, Too

December 15, 2015 by Laurie Sheridan 2 Comments

My brother, sister and I were all brought up to speak a very clear, accent-less English with good grammar and syntax. We were not “perfect,” but we were obliged to try. Our mother harassed us constantly about the way we talked. And she stressed that we would never be able to get a job or […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class prejudice, Classism, Classism in Everyday Life, Dealing with privilege, Dismantlng Classism Tagged With: class cultures, classism, downward mobility, privilege, snobs, speaking up, stereotypes, working class

Who Are the Despicable Racists?

June 30, 2015 by Katey Lauer 4 Comments

We all know that a young white man murdered nine black worshipers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, S.C., just two weeks ago in an act of terrorism. After a wave of murders at the hands of police across the country, it is the most recent acute attack on black lives and […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class prejudice, Race and Class Tagged With: class prejudice, classism, middle class, race and class, racism, snobs, stereotypes

Should Americans Talk About Class?

June 26, 2014 by Abraham Lateiner 1 Comment

Helllllllllllllll yes! “But why?” some ask. Good question. My short answer: because talking about class is revolutionary. American society as a whole, as judged by my Super Scientific Approach of paying attention to popular culture, has gotten steadily better at talking about gender, race, and sexual orientation. But start talking about class, and we approach… […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Cross-class Relationships, Dealing with privilege Tagged With: cross-class dialogue, silence about class, stereotypes

“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

Classism is in Fashion

November 19, 2013 by Miki Onwudinjo 2 Comments

Ever since Miley Cyrus twerked her bum on Robin Thicke’s crotch at the MTV awards, cultural appropriation has been a hot topic. But, society has been capitalizing off of minority cultures long before Miley was even conceived. High-end designers are now adopting hip-hop and urban styles to create a new IT look that has been […]

Filed Under: Classism, Classist Corporations, Consumer culture Tagged With: classism, consumerism, fashion, racism, stereotypes, white trash

Is delaying marriage really the solution?

April 2, 2013 by Tina Rodia 1 Comment

Ross Douthat’s opinion piece in last week’s New York Times summarized the results of a study arguing for “delayed marriage” as an economic boon to a select population of men and women. But studies that publish the socioeconomic statistical average of a certain population largely ignore the realities of the study’s outliers, like me. Delayed […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism in Everyday Life, Gender Class Intersections Tagged With: ageism, college, marriage, stereotypes

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

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