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American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

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Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

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LMAO at these journalists pretending they're so surprised to find this. As if they had no hand in creating this environment... and as if this wasn't the whole point to begin with. The upper class owns journalism and this state of affairs was very much the goal.

I think this is right. They tend to have alternate ways to circumvent the systems they put in place --such as "donor" privileges in university admissions.

Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

#13

LMAO at these journalists pretending they're so surprised to find this. As if they had no hand in creating this environment... and as if this wasn't the whole point to begin with. The upper class owns journalism and this state of affairs was very much the goal.

I remember when the elites did a Jedi mind trick on the Occupy Wall Street folks and made them change their focus to race and what bathroom people get to use. It was remarkable.

Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

#15

LMAO at these journalists pretending they're so surprised to find this. As if they had no hand in creating this environment... and as if this wasn't the whole point to begin with. The upper class owns journalism and this state of affairs was very much the goal.

When you say “these journalists”, do you mean the economist?

Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

#17

LMAO at these journalists pretending they're so surprised to find this. As if they had no hand in creating this environment... and as if this wasn't the whole point to begin with. The upper class owns journalism and this state of affairs was very much the goal.

There's a hilarious book by Paul Fussell titled Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

He closes by positing that university intellectuals are above the whole mess ...

Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

#18
Yeah, I agree that it is important to take into account disadvantages that people may have unfairly experienced due to no fault of their own.

But, why do we need to use race as a proxy? Presuming something about someone based on their skin color is prejudice regardless of your intentions.

If people are disadvantaged, let's measure those disadvantages directly and adjust for those factors.

Re: American society is so focused on race that it is blind to class

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LMAO at these journalists pretending they're so surprised to find this. As if they had no hand in creating this environment... and as if this wasn't the whole point to begin with. The upper class owns journalism and this state of affairs was very much the goal.

furthermore they focused on race specifically because dividing Americans on class never failed repeatedly.
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