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RaceVClass 36 - 11 Apr 2012 - Main.MatthewCollins
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 I realize this is going to be a pretty damn controversial post, but I feel compelled to speak on the subject. I sometimes become concerned that classism becomes too easily conflated with racism in our world.

There's many draws to calling a certain policy racist:

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 I think Rumbi really hit the nail on the head when she said, "I guess my feeling is that when you say you feel “alienated” because the debate wasn’t framed the way you felt that it should be framed, or because discussions about poverty will often times implicate your identity by, simultaneously, also being discussions about race, it sounds like you expect something to be done about it." The critic shouldn't have to do something about it. You should do something about how you react to the criticism.

-- PrashantRai - 11 Apr 2012

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In the interest of bringing outside reading into the discussion, Kent Russell's American Juggalo is a great, quick journalistic take on race and class in America.

-- MatthewCollins - 11 Apr 2012

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