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	<title>Class Action</title>
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	<description>Bridging the class divide</description>
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		<title>The distance between us … and them!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cari Gulbrandsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The distance between us … and them!The other day, I saw a billboard that reached out and slapped me across the face in a very figurative way. An enormous billboard for a domestic violence campaign asserted, “Sally is not one of THEM, she is one of US”. I also heard the radio commercial version of this campaign, encouraging listeners to empathize [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/distance" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not only the rich who carry out classism</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/rich-perpetuate-classism</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/rich-perpetuate-classism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not only the rich who carry out classismShould the one percent be exclusively blamed for creating our stratified society? Occupy Wall Street came, and to some degree, has gone. Like many professional middle class progressive movements, its main focus has been on inequality between the owning class and everyone else.  However, is the 1 percent owning class completely guilty for the stratification of [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/rich-perpetuate-classism" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse&#8217;s Choices</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/jesses-choices</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/jesses-choices#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Mazur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jesse&#8217;s ChoicesMy youngest son is about to graduate high school. I am feeling a mix of emotions, as I am certain many others have felt and are feeling at this time. One of the more salient emotions for me is connected to a deep curiosity I have: did I teach him what he needs to know [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/jesses-choices" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Class &amp; My Identity as a Woman of African Descent</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/class-identity-woman-african-descent</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/class-identity-woman-african-descent#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Renee Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Class &amp; My Identity as a Woman of African DescentClass was a confusing issue for me.  Despite that, I never doubted for a moment that my race intersected with my class in a profound way. I experience class through the many different lenses of my identity.  I am a Black Woman of Afro-Caribbean descent from Brooklyn New York. Class has been racialized in American [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/class-identity-woman-african-descent" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intracommunity Rejection: Racist, Classist, Tragic</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/intracommunity-rejection-racist-classist-tragic</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/intracommunity-rejection-racist-classist-tragic#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lita Kurth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internalized classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[status]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Intracommunity Rejection: Racist, Classist, TragicThe Facebook post showed a 1950’s cartoon businessman: blonde hair, suit and tie, saying, “No, you can’t ‘axe’ me a question. I don’t speak Walmart.”  A snotty enough putdown if it came from racial and class privilege. But it wasn’t posted by an upper-class or even a middle-class person, but a person who has struggled [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/intracommunity-rejection-racist-classist-tragic" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Race and Class: The more we get together the stronger we are</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/race-class-stronger</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/race-class-stronger#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nell Myhand</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial wealth gap]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Race and Class: The more we get together the stronger we areLabor unions, welfare rights campaigns, and the fight for pay equity are historical struggles for justice that have impacted the shape of the wealth distribution in the last century. Each of those fights was strengthened and more effective as they became more inclusive of people of color. One of the most effective tools we have [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/race-class-stronger" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Arrested Development &amp; the pitfalls of the wealthy</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/arrested-development-pitfalls-wealthy</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/arrested-development-pitfalls-wealthy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Owning class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owning class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super-rich]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arrested Development &amp; the pitfalls of the wealthyWhy do so many TV watchers love Arrested Development (whose latest season was released on Netflix last night)? Is it just another sit-com in the cringe-inducing comedy genre, like The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm? I think there’s another factor: the show accurately illustrates some common maladaptive life paths of people who grow up in [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/arrested-development-pitfalls-wealthy" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day: It&#8217;s the Least Wealthy Who Serve and Suffer the Most in War</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/memorial-day-wealthy-serve-suffer-war</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/memorial-day-wealthy-serve-suffer-war#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Daly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day: It&#8217;s the Least Wealthy Who Serve and Suffer the Most in War“People like us don&#8217;t have children in the military”. I come in contact with a lot of military families. What is notable is the majority of people in the military don&#8217;t come from the upper middle class or wealthy communities. And the ones who have seen combat are not mindlessly gung-ho. If you have lost [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/memorial-day-wealthy-serve-suffer-war" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If we don&#8217;t tell our stories, who will?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/stories</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/stories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahalia Persaud</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first generation college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane VanGalen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If we don&#8217;t tell our stories, who will?Last month, in the midst of so many unexpected things happening in Boston, I unexpectedly found myself turning my story as a first-generation student into a poem. It was at Class Action’s first summit where students discussed issues of low-income, working class and first generation students. I had the honor to work with Adj Marshall, [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/stories" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is paying for housecleaning classist?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/paying-housecleaning-classist</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/paying-housecleaning-classist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cari Gulbrandsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Class Intersections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-wage jobs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is paying for housecleaning classist?Transactions between those who obtain cleaning services and those who perform them are laden with class issues. I have often been unpleasantly surprised by comments coming from people who I thought were progressive feminists or humanists: &#8220;My place is such a mess, I&#8217;m so glad the ‘cleaning lady’ is coming,&#8221; they declare, apparently without consideration [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/paying-housecleaning-classist" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poem: White Trash Beaner (to my 11-year-old confused self)</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/white-trash-beaner-11yearold-confused</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/white-trash-beaner-11yearold-confused#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Withers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poem: White Trash Beaner (to my 11-year-old confused self)Grama says I’m Indian. Mama says my dad was “a Mexican” and that if he really loved me like “Mexican daddies do” he woulda found me by now. Grama says we’re Indian, mama says ‘no’. Sis calls me a “wetback” and a “beaner” (“mom said it all the time”). Brother teases me about getting pregnant [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/white-trash-beaner-11yearold-confused" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two more cars &amp; class stories</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/cars-class-stories</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/cars-class-stories#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentalists]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two more cars &amp; class storiesWe obviously hit a nerve with the two recent stories about cars and class. Besides the long and intense comments under the posts, I received two more moving stories submitted to Classism Exposed. The first writer shared this story anonymously: &#8220;My husband is about to sell his car so we can save some money.  He [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/cars-class-stories" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A classist comment from a feminist publisher</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/classist-comment-feminist-publisher</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/classist-comment-feminist-publisher#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fisher Lavell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Diversity Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Class Intersections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A classist comment from a feminist publisherI wrote a paper on the classism I experienced as a poverty-class single mother in the feminist movement, and it was selected for inclusion in a prestigious anthology. When I asked the editor about payment for my chapter, she said that all proceeds from book sales would be contributed to a charity. “None of our [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/classist-comment-feminist-publisher" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways a Corporate Workplace is Worse than a Casino</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/casino-corporate-workplace</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/casino-corporate-workplace#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classist Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace classism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[10 Ways a Corporate Workplace is Worse than a Casino1. A Casino is legally required to post the odds of each bet. Corporate workplaces can lie about your chances of rising to the top. 2. If you gamble in a casino using a line of credit and lose, you can file for bankruptcy. If you take out a student loan to go to college [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/casino-corporate-workplace" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aging in Place: Junk Cars in Economically Diverse Neighborhoods</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/aging-place-junk-cars-economically-diverse-neighborhoods</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/aging-place-junk-cars-economically-diverse-neighborhoods#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 02:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Naimark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross-class alliances]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aging in Place: Junk Cars in Economically Diverse Neighborhoods“We’ve got to get those junk cars out of people’s yards!” This was the challenge raised by a roomful of community organizers in a course I recently taught. The majority worked in community-based organizations focused on improving low-income neighborhoods. My course was an advanced seminar on values conflicts in community organizing. The junk car conflict [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/aging-place-junk-cars-economically-diverse-neighborhoods" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roadblocks and Detours:  Classism En Route to Drivers Ed</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/roadblocks-detours-classism-en-route-drivers-training</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/roadblocks-detours-classism-en-route-drivers-training#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmentalists]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roadblocks and Detours:  Classism En Route to Drivers EdI was shocked when a well-known environmentalist criticized my students&#8217; campaign to make drivers education accessible to low-income students. The campaign ran into a lot of classism, but that was the low point. When I was in high school, drivers training was part of the public school curriculum.  Obtaining one’s drivers permit and license were [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/roadblocks-detours-classism-en-route-drivers-training" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exhilarating discoveries at anti-racist conference</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/exhilarating-discoveries-antiracist-conference</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/exhilarating-discoveries-antiracist-conference#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching about class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dealing with privilege]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exhilarating discoveries at anti-racist conferenceI’m entranced with the White Privilege Conference’s culture and community. I was a first-time attender at the 14th annual conference in Seattle last week, and the experience was a series of exhilarating discoveries. What most buoyed my spirits seemed to buoy others too: seeing about 1,500 white people who are so committed to ending racism [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/exhilarating-discoveries-antiracist-conference" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Positive Thoughts as the Ship Sinks: Oprah, Tolle &amp; New Age Classism</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/thinking-positive-thoughts-ship-sinks-age-spirituality-classism</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Braun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internalized classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming the victim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking Positive Thoughts as the Ship Sinks: Oprah, Tolle &amp; New Age ClassismI’m concerned about classism in the new age, self help and spiritual movements. Oprah Winfrey’s show and “lifeclass,” which many people study religiously, promote individualistic “create your own reality” ideas, including the philosophy of guru Eckhart Tolle. “Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it,” Tolle writes. These ideas can be [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/thinking-positive-thoughts-ship-sinks-age-spirituality-classism" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Ivy League: a class-based sorting system</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/ivy-league-classbased-sorting-system</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/ivy-league-classbased-sorting-system#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=8089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ivy League: a class-based sorting systemBarack Obama’s election represented a triumph for African Americans who suffered years of race- and class-based oppression. Electing a black president was definitely a plus for African Americans and society as a whole. Among his opponents in 2008 were working class whites who were attracted to Sarah Palin. Many of these people seem to fit [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/ivy-league-classbased-sorting-system" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is delaying marriage really the solution?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/delaying-marriage-solution</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/delaying-marriage-solution#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tina Rodia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Class Intersections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ageism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is delaying marriage really the solution?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 [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/delaying-marriage-solution" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Need vs. Greed: Greed Wins</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/greed-greed-wins</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/greed-greed-wins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lita Kurth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internalized classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need vs. Greed: Greed WinsI’ve been interviewing people and carrying out research lately on housing affordability in San Jose, and what I’ve found has been both heartbreaking and enraging. In a city and area where housing is jaw-droppingly expensive, some of the wealthy exploit the poor, or worse, take for themselves public goods intended for the needy. Beginning my [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/greed-greed-wins" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tales from the Pink Ghetto</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/tales-pink-ghetto</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cari Gulbrandsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender Class Intersections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[administrative jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tales from the Pink GhettoMy own experiences related to classism are set in the administrative world of work. Frankie Valli once crooned, “If you go for your diploma, you can join the steno pool.” As I suspect many would agree, the administrative dimension of the work world is indeed a “pool,” where undercurrents of classism swirl quietly even when [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/tales-pink-ghetto" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring examples of legal protections from classism</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/inspiring-examples-legal-protections-classism</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/inspiring-examples-legal-protections-classism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dismantlng Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring examples of legal protections from classismAt least two cities make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of class, and we&#8217;re determined to add one more. The Traverse City Rice and Roses group’s goal is to convince the Traverse City Human Rights Board that class should be included as a protected category, like race, gender, ability, age, and sexual orientation. [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/inspiring-examples-legal-protections-classism" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the West Coast Class Action Training of Trainers</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/reflections-west-coast-class-action-training-trainers</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/reflections-west-coast-class-action-training-trainers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nell Myhand</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A World Without Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dismantlng Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching about class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class Action workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intersecting oppressions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on the West Coast Class Action Training of TrainersFor two and a half days, a cross-class, multi-racial group of folks from all across the gender spectrum and the country met in Oakland to talk about class and learn tools for dismantling classism. The Class Action Training of Trainers gave us the chance to explore our own and each other’s class experiences. Through exercises [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/reflections-west-coast-class-action-training-trainers" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beasts of the Southern Wild: Class themes in Oscar nominees #1</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/beasts-southern-wild-class-themes-oscar-nominees-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/beasts-southern-wild-class-themes-oscar-nominees-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yeewon Nyon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Themes in Film and Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beasts of the Southern Wild: Class themes in Oscar nominees #1A darling of the film award season this year, the American fantasy drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (BOTSW) has been nominated for numerous prestigious awards, including a Best Actress nomination in the 85th Academy Awards for the youngest ever nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis, at nine years old. BOTSW did not only capture its viewers&#8217; [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/beasts-southern-wild-class-themes-oscar-nominees-1" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Les Miz: Class themes in Oscar nominees #2</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/les-miserables-class-themes-oscar-nominees-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/les-miserables-class-themes-oscar-nominees-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Themes in Film and Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming the victim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Les Miz: Class themes in Oscar nominees #2The poverty in the Les Miserables movie seems more realistic than most poverty portrayed in fiction in one crucial aspect: the way desperately poor people in Les Miz are preyed upon. Fantine is deceived and ripped off by the Thénardiers, who try to extort as much money as possible from fostering her daughter. Then as [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/les-miserables-class-themes-oscar-nominees-2" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Linings Playbook: Class themes in Oscar nominees #3</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/silver-linings-playbook-class-themes-oscar-nominees-3</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/silver-linings-playbook-class-themes-oscar-nominees-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Withers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class Themes in Film and Fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downward mobility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silver Linings Playbook: Class themes in Oscar nominees #3Movies about mental illness are a favorite of the Oscars. The nominees are often serious affairs with sad endings and a key point: it sucks to have a mental illness. Underlying that key point is the idea that having a mental illness creates an outsider status of not being normal where one lacks access to [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/silver-linings-playbook-class-themes-oscar-nominees-3" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Overlooking the Racial Wealth Divide</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/overlooking-racial-wealth-divide</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/overlooking-racial-wealth-divide#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sullivan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset-building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial wealth divide]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overlooking the Racial Wealth DividePresident Obama celebrated the inauguration of his second term on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this January. Just a few weeks later, he delivered his first State of the Union address in the middle of Black History Month. Despite the symbolic and substantive reasons to confront race in the State of the Union Address, the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/overlooking-racial-wealth-divide" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Leaders Lobby for Affordable Education</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/student-leaders-lobby-affordable-education</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/student-leaders-lobby-affordable-education#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruzielle Ganuelas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student Leaders Lobby for Affordable EducationEmily Dickinson once wrote, “why not have a big life?” These are the words I kept close to heart when I joined the Seattle Education Access (SEA) staff and my fellow members of the SEA Student Advisory Board Council for the SEA Lobby Day. I had never been to the State Capitol, and the closest [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/student-leaders-lobby-affordable-education" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama’s Middle Class: the Rhetoric and the Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/president-obamas-middle-class-rhetoric-reality</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/president-obamas-middle-class-rhetoric-reality#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maynard Seider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s Middle Class: the Rhetoric and the RealityIt should come as no surprise that President Obama focused on the “middle class” in his State of the Union speech. He mentioned that term six times, even calling it “our generation’s task…to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.” What the president didn’t mention was the critical [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/president-obamas-middle-class-rhetoric-reality" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of the Ultra-Rich Job Creator</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/myth-ultrarich-job-creator</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/myth-ultrarich-job-creator#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lita Kurth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classist Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Myth of the Ultra-Rich Job CreatorYou would think from watching “Downton Abbey” that the only reason enormous estates existed was to provide jobs. Every time a change comes up, the lord of the manor bemoans its possible deleterious effect on his tenants and servants. And a remarkably high proportion of those servants seem happy to live their entire lives in [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/myth-ultrarich-job-creator" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s State of the (Dis-)Union Speech, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/obamas-state-disunion-speech-2013</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/obamas-state-disunion-speech-2013#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S.M. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[childcare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s State of the (Dis-)Union Speech, 2013If you ain’t poor (by America’s low poverty standards), you are “middle class.” That is the current political and pundit mode of understanding the USA. Those below the middle class income standards have no claim to a class appellation&#8212;they are just “poor.” The president’s speech was largely about improving the situations of those already in [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/obamas-state-disunion-speech-2013" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Action on inequality: Getting class recognized as a protected category</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/action-inequality-class-recognized-protected-category</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/action-inequality-class-recognized-protected-category#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Traverse City Rice and Roses Human Rights Project</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action on inequality: Getting class recognized as a protected categoryAs the economic inequality gap continues to widen, students at Grand Valley State University in Traverse City, Michigan, started saying that they were tired of “talking” about economic inequality; they wanted to “do” something. We feel that there is a growing emergency. Waiting for things to get better in some far off future began to [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/action-inequality-class-recognized-protected-category" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Declines in Union Representation Say About Class</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/antiu-declines-union-representation-class</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/antiu-declines-union-representation-class#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael C. Duff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union-bashing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Declines in Union Representation Say About ClassLabor law is in reality “play nice” law.  The law – much of which was set up in the 1930s – recognized that bosses would not “play nice” with workers unless forced to do so.  Tellingly, the law is centered on compelled “recognition” of unions, the elected workplace representatives of workers.  In other words, the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/antiu-declines-union-representation-class" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong and the Illusion of Meritocracy</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/lance-armstrong-illusion-meritocracy</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/lance-armstrong-illusion-meritocracy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in the Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong and the Illusion of MeritocracyThe psychology of the “Anti-Lance Armstrong Brigade” illustrates exactly why socioeconomic inequality is increasing so much in this country. While Lance Armstrong is privileged by his race and class, the nature of the attacks against him illustrate what is wrong with society today. To clarify, I do not condone cheating in sports. However, I do [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/lance-armstrong-illusion-meritocracy" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Gap in 5 Minutes</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/crossing-gap-5-minutes</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/crossing-gap-5-minutes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Daly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cross-class Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crossing the Gap in 5 MinutesHow can a physician easily work with the poor and earn their respect, trust, and affection?  The key is feeling genuine respect. I have worked with urban poor, working class, and underserved rural patients now for 30 years.  What jumps out at me is how everyone incorporates their place in the US class system and then acts [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/crossing-gap-5-minutes" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Classism and the Populist Right</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/anticlassism-populist</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/anticlassism-populist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anti-Classism and the Populist RightWithin the past two decades, the American professional and business world has begun to develop into a caste system based on the college that one attended. It seems that across industries from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, having an Ivy League degree has become the litmus test for intelligence and competence. There are hundreds of [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/anticlassism-populist" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The law in our heads</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/law-heads-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/law-heads-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael C. Duff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The law in our headsI don’t want to sound like a Paul Simon song, but in my little town I grew up believing in the rule of law. I wanted to work for a unionized company because there, I was told, I would experience justice in the workplace; I would be protected. Well, now that I am a Harvard-educated [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/law-heads-2" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adjusting to holiday changes</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/adjusting-holiday</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/adjusting-holiday#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Mazur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downward mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adjusting to holiday changesThroughout my life, when my holiday traditions have changed, for financial or family reasons, I have found myself yearning for what used to happen. When I was young, my family would travel regularly during winter vacations:  Florida, Washington DC, the Caribbean, Europe.  I grew accustomed to the ritual, and was very excited about all the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/adjusting-holiday" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hopscotching the Tracks</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/hopscotching-tracks</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/hopscotching-tracks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Harmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossing class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straddlers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hopscotching the TracksIn my last essay, I spoke of my experiences of the disdain I receive as a working-class woman walking among the denizens of the middle-class world.  Just yesterday I received another cool reception – in my old neighborhood, of all places. I still cling to my working-class ways, including shopping at thrift stores, and I [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/hopscotching-tracks" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Claus, Imagination, and Class</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/santa-claus-imagination-class</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/santa-claus-imagination-class#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lita Kurth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Claus, Imagination, and ClassI must have been around seven, living in far northern Wisconsin—not classy Minoqua and other Chicago playgrounds, but the dregs of the timber industry, the swamps reserved for Natives, and rocky farmland left to the last immigrants, a place where the last snow might surprise you on the last day of school—when my dad sat [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/santa-claus-imagination-class" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Cafeteria: an Outsider’s Perspective on Intercity Students</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/leaving-cafeteria-outsiders-perspective-intercity-students</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/leaving-cafeteria-outsiders-perspective-intercity-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Perelman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross-class Relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaving the Cafeteria: an Outsider’s Perspective on Intercity StudentsOne of my greatest privileges of my high school and college education was not the fact that I went to accredited institutions, nor the fact that I was simply educated, (though the latter privilege is certainly noteworthy.) It was the fact that despite being restricted to schools that were by design socially exclusive at-face, (my [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/leaving-cafeteria-outsiders-perspective-intercity-students" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A story of crossing the tracks</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/story-crossing-tracks</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/story-crossing-tracks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Harmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first generation college students]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A story of crossing the tracksI was born and raised in working-class Philadelphia.  Growing up I did not see myself as an underrepresented and repressed segment of society.  Certainly I saw that there were those who had more money and material goods than I did, but it was not something I dwelled on.  This was because everyone I knew was [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/story-crossing-tracks" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts, power and money</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/gifts-power-money</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/gifts-power-money#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Haines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A World Without Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gifts, power and moneyThe holidays can be hard times. With all the hopes and expectations of the season up, disappointments have more room to play. And when we most want our attention to be on loving and giving, it can easily slide toward getting, proving and comparing.  The pervasive materialism of the season, and the expectation that we [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/gifts-power-money" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Classism Exposed: Contradictions on the left</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/classism-exposed-contradictions-left</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/classism-exposed-contradictions-left#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lena Rothman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A World Without Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Classism Exposed: Contradictions on the leftOne of my pet peeves on The Left or other Progressive organizations is that when asking for donations, PLEASE tell me WHY it is okay to reward those that have more money by giving gifts according to how much is given? I understand totally that the money is needed, even deserved, but honestly it irks [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/classism-exposed-contradictions-left" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Is Stressed Out?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/stressed</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/stressed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Mazur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in social services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning from poor people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-wage jobs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who Is Stressed Out?I regularly facilitate a Stressed Out! workshop for Job Seekers in a non-profit organization serving a wide range of customers and clients in search of meaningful and self-sustaining work. The clients I typically present to are college educated adults who have had some work experience, and are accustomed to the everyday stressors one experiences in [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/stressed" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lettuce in winter: When more is less</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/when-more-is-less</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/when-more-is-less#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Haines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lettuce in winter: When more is lessWe all know what it&#8217;s like to appreciate a rare event&#8211;a fine restaurant dinner, a vacation to a far-away place, even an evening at home without the children.  We savor them.  We talk about the pleasures and hold them in a special place in our memories.  These times are part of what makes our lives [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/when-more-is-less" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cautionary notes about liberals&#8217; election self-congratulations</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/cautionary-notes-liberals-election-selfcongratulations</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/cautionary-notes-liberals-election-selfcongratulations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cautionary notes about liberals&#8217; election self-congratulationsThe election and reelection of Obama is a historical milestone in race relations. It is a definitely an achievement we should be proud of. We truly have came along way since, the days of reconstruction, when it was unusual for an African American to even visit the white house. While Obama’s election and reelection truly [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/cautionary-notes-liberals-election-selfcongratulations" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Union Vote Declining But Still Crucial</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/union-vote-declining-crucial</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/union-vote-declining-crucial#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Metzgar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teachers unions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=7466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Union Vote Declining But Still CrucialIn the past decade unions have greatly improved the way they do electoral politics, and if they hadn’t, Barack Obama would probably never have been our president. Though uneven from union to union, 16 years ago unions stopped simply giving money to their endorsed candidates and focused more intensely on member education and mobilization.  Since [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/union-vote-declining-crucial" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Race &amp; Class &amp; November 6</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/race-class-november-6</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/race-class-november-6#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Fletcher Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainbow coalition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Race &amp; Class &amp; November 6On the one hand, it is difficult to believe that Romney did not win.  After all, when you think about it, we are in the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression.  He certainly kept repeating the fact that there are 23 million people out of work.  Yet at the end of the day Obama [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/race-class-november-6" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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