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Sidney Poitier: Nobody You Can Boss Around
In the 10 days since we learned of Sidney Poitier’s death there have been hundreds of tributes to Poitier—an undeniable icon. Most of these tributes have focused on Poitier’s brilliant acting, for which he received innumerable awards, as well as … Continue reading
Racial Justice, Class Justice
I’ve been feeling kind of white lately. Maybe it’s some of that white fragility Robin DiAngelo warns us about, but more and more often when I hear somebody say “disproportionately people of color,” it sounds like they’re also saying poor … Continue reading
Beyond “White Anxiety”: Class, Race, and College Admissions
When I hear pundits and politicos pitting “the working class” against people of color (which usually in American popular discourse means either African-Americans or Mexican immigrants), my response is predictable: I want to remind the commentator that a) most people … Continue reading
Two Cheers for the Decline of White Working-Class Voters
Ruy Teixeira, the progressive political scientist who has most consistently pushed the argument that a Democratic majority would not be possible unless Dems paid more attention to white working-class voters and won a larger portion of their vote, has changed … Continue reading
The White Working-Class Vote in 2008
Progressive Democrats, nudged over the past eight years by progressive social scientists like Ruy Teixeira and Larry Bartels, are frustrated that white working-class voters don’t support Democratic presidential candidates. Special attention was paid to this part of the white vote … Continue reading
To Race and Class Add Religion
Discussions of race and class often ignore religion, relegating it to the distant margins or explaining it away as a cover for something else. If we examine American history, as historian Mark Noll does in God and Race in American … Continue reading
Posted in Class at the Intersections, Guest Bloggers
Tagged race and class, religion, segregation, Tupac, Youngstown
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