Classism

When in Boystown: Don't Create Racism, Create Change

Nico Lang | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Take Back Boystown, Boystown, Jezebel, Boystown Crime, LGBT Community, Center on Halsted, Slut-Shaming, Sexism, Classism, Marginalization, War on Women, Transgender, Lakeview, Safe Space, Real Housewives, Chicago Boys Town, Boystown Chicago, Boystown Inequality, Chicago News
Nico Lang

It's been almost a year since Take Back Boystown took off, and all of us still have so much work to do to build a better community. We need to stand together, or we need to stop calling ourselves a community.

Read Post

Are You An Elitist For Judging The Moms On 'Toddlers & Tiaras'?

Babble.com | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Reality Television, Television, Toddlers and Tiaras, Toddlers and Tiaras Controversy, Elitism, Classism, Class, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Babble.com

I'm well aware that my judging the pageant moms is hypocritical. After all, I watch the show. But is it classist?

Read Post

Disrupting the Discourse and Discussing the Undiscussable

Laurel Schwartz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Racism, Harvard University, Harvard, Education Reform, Classism, Class Warfare, Trayvon Martin, Race Relations, Judaism, Social Inequality, College News
Laurel Schwartz

If I am unsure of how to broach issues of race and class with my peers in the safety of my grad school classrooms, how will I be able to lead these conversations in a school?

Read Post

OWS Triumphant: Obama, Romney and the Politics of Inequality

Richard Brodsky | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, 99 Percent, Republican Party, Barack Obama, 2012 Campaign, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, President Obama, Zuccotti Park, Classism, Class Warfare, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News
Richard Brodsky

What Obama's doing is forcing a debate about the most fundamental question before the nation: Do we govern in the interest of the 1 percent or do we govern in the interest of the 99 percent?

Read Post

Stop the Presses: The Rich Get Richer

Steven Clifford | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, 99 Percent, Albuquerque Police, Albuquerque, Pat Boone, Seattle News, Pat Boone Music, New York Times, Income Gap, Wage Gap, Seattle, Medicare, Income Disparity, Classism, Mcdonalds, Pat Boone Mediare Ad, Comedy News
Steven Clifford

The New York Times published an op-ed titled "The Rich Get Even Richer." I guess their next scoops will be "Hudson River Full of Water" and "Pope Benedict XVI Is Catholic."

Read Post

How the $640,000,000 Might Have Ruined Your Life

William Rose | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Greed, Lottery, Homelessness, Values, Money, Mega Millions Jackpot, Happiness, George Mason University, Mega Millions, Mega Millions Winner, Classism, Class Warfare, College News
William Rose

That's just the thing about winning the lottery: winning it makes you rich, not wealthy. There is no more honor in luck than there is happiness in money.

Read Post

Think Again: Money Talks, Media Balks

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, Wealth Inequality, Uscs, One Percent, Media Criticism, Wealth Disparity, Income Disparity, Classism, Media Critique, Class Warfare, Media Bias, Income Inequality, Media News
Eric Alterman

Instead of seeking remedies to this ongoing problem, the putative guardians of our democratic principles, rights and responsibilities -- the United States Supreme Court -- has chosen to vastly exacerbate the situation.

Read Post

Downton Abbey Season Two, Episode Two: A World Fueled by Class

Tom & Lorenzo | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Downton Abbey, Classism, British Television, Downton Abbey Season 2, Downton Abbey Series 2, TV Canada, Entertainment News
Tom & Lorenzo

Whether its an attempt to hold on to the status quo in a world determined to shatter it or the last gasp of an aristocracy angrily slapping away the elements seeking to dissolve it, the upper classes got the upper hand this time around, which isnʼt exactly surprising.

Read Post

We Had an Agreement: The Results of Being Played

Kenneth Kales | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Government Bailout, Classism, Upper Class, Tarp, Recession, Economy, Middle Class, June Unemployment, June Unemployment Issues, Business News
Kenneth Kales

We the people were heroic in rescuing so many Type A's and their financial sectors. I say heroic only because our act now seems selfless. It wasn't supposed to be that way. We had an agreement.

Read Post

Working for Safety in Lakeview

Erica Chu | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Lgbt Shelters, Decreasing Violence, Lakeview, Chicago Crime, Middle Class, Safety, Violence, Racism, Classism, LGBT Homeless, Chicago Lgbt, Chicago News
Erica Chu

I've heard over and over again that those rallying for increased safety measures are not making any statements about race or class -- they just want safety. I believe that they do want and should work to make Lakeview safer.

Read Post

The Hidden Truth About Chatham

Zack Isaacs | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Section 8, Chicago Sun-Times, Chatham, Series, Lottery, Mary Mitchell, Housing, Crime, Classism, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

For years, Chatham has been the premier black community on the South Side with nice homes and manicured lawns. But some residents feel their "grass wa...

Read Post

Does America's Obsession With Entitlement Fuel Racism?

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Classism, Entitlement, Capitalism, America, Politics, Slavery, Politics News
Gil Laroya

America, considered by the world as the "land of the free and home of the brave". But does this saying come with some sort of social guarantee? If you...

Read Post

An Ode to Black Women and a Fair, Firm Message to ALL Others

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Economics, Black America, Obama, American, Sharon D. Toomer, Media, Race, America, Culture, Politics, Sexism, Black Women, Shirley Sherrod, Elitism, Classism, Elected Officials, blackandbrownnews.com, Sharon Toomer, Bbn, Society, Politics News
BlackAndBrownNews

As a Black woman in America, I have never known a time in my life when I have felt more unsafe, vulnerable and unprotected. This acute sense of insecu...

Read Post

How Breitbart Won -- and Why We Must Rethink "Racism"

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Racism, Shirley Sherrod, Classism, Barack Obama, Shirley Sherrod Racism, Politics News
Rinku Sen

What the right wants us to forget is that race relations are rooted in systems, and that not all racism is individual, intentional and overt.

Read Post

The American Economy and the American Dream

Joe Costello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Public Transit, Classism, Car, Suburbia, Budget Cuts, Subways, Public Transportation, Racism, Atlanta, Buses, Class, Wealth Gap, Business News
Joe Costello

Clayton County, a majority black district abutting Atlanta, is about to have is about to have its public transportation system cancelled, according to a must-read article in the LA Times.

Read Post

What is Rankism and Why Do We "Do" It?

Robert Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colonialism, Dignitarian, Ableism, Indignity, Dignity, Sexism, Homophobia, Ageism, Racism, Classism, Humiliation, Rankism, Politics News
Robert Fuller

Rankism is an assertion of superiority. It typically takes the form of putting others down. It's what "Somebodies" do to "nobodies." It turns out that rankism is the source of most man-made suffering.

Read Post

Race: Are We Over It? Event Offers Lively Discussion About Segregation, Race Relations In Chicago And Beyond

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Diana Novak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kenwood, Chicago Segregation, Barack Obama, Segregation, Chris Matthews, Racism, Classism, State of the Union Address, Race, Race Relations, Chicago News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit When Barack Obama was elected, many people wanted to shout "racism no longer exists!" from...

Read Whole Story

Embracing Feminism 20 Years Later

Deborah Plummer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Contemporary Women's Issues, Womanist, Feminism, Black Women, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Racism, Classism, Deborah Plummer, Healthy Living News
Deborah Plummer

Black women experienced a more intense form of oppression than that of white women and our feminist struggle would be far more complicated and intense.

Read Post

Pro Mujer: Journey Towards Women's Empowerment In Latin America

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Health, Sexual Health, Peru, Carmen Velasco, Communal Association, Women?S Health, Argentina, Barrios, Pro Mujer, Mohammad Yunus, Lynne Patterson, Self-Sufficiency, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Racism, Machismo, Discrimination, Classism, Family, Women, Poverty, Barbara Magnoni, Latin America, Mexico, Potential-Realization, Cycle of Poverty, Nicaragua, Peruvian Ministry of Education, Human Rights, Bangladesh, Counseling., Bolivia, Cervical Cancer, Reproductive Health., Childhood Education, Latino Culture, Domestic Violence, World News
Jim Luce

Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.

Read Post

The Gates Arrest: Racism? Not so much. Classism? You betcha!

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skip Gates, James Crowley, Classism, Prejudice, Henry Louis Gates, Post-Racial, Cambridge Police, Politics News
Zondra Hughes

This was a classic town vs. gown drama, a show-me-the-power move, and Gates slipped up.

Read Post

Class Insults Unite: "Wearing A Flag Pin And Showing His Crack"

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insults, Slurs, Obama White Working Class, Elite, White Working Class, White Working Class Voters, Ruling Elite, Classism, Barack Obama Elitist, New Deal Coalition, Politics News
Joan Williams

Obama's doing a great job keeping the focus on the economy. Let's not blow it on the cultural front.

Read Post