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	<title>Class Action</title>
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	<description>Bridging the class divide</description>
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		<title>The Dreams of Poor and Working-Class Students</title>
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		<comments>http://www.classism.org/dreams-poor-workingclass-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Van Galen</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[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dreams of Poor and Working-Class StudentsI was half-listening to the radio last week when I heard an interviewer ask a question that made me pause in my work to listen.   “So”, the interviewer warmly asked, “You knew even as a small child that you wanted to be a concert cellist?”  “Oh yes”, the woman answered. “Since I was eight.” I’ve [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/dreams-poor-workingclass-students" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Upsides of sky-high youth unemployment</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/upsides-skyhigh-youth-unemployment</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/upsides-skyhigh-youth-unemployment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first generation college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Upsides of sky-high youth unemploymentPosting Class Action internships gives me a window into the massive under-use of young adults’ energy in this lousy economy. Even for unpaid internships, we get dozens of bright, motivated students, and even college graduates. And whenever we can afford to offer internships with small stipends, the applications come in by the hundreds. These applicants [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/upsides-skyhigh-youth-unemployment" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we avoid class?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/avoid-class</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/avoid-class#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Cross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["class warfare"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding class talk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we avoid class?All of my life I have seen the effects of class around me, but never truly understood what “class” really means. Until recently I had not often thought about how I viewed the complicated issue of class in the United States. Though discussion of equality and fairness to all was available in school and at [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/avoid-class" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Classism</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/exploring-classism</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/exploring-classism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Camella Christmas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lower-middle-class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exploring ClassismJust recently I attended a Class Action workshop. This was my first workshop ever dealing on the issues of classism. Heading into it, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. I had an open mind and was willing to work with others I hadn&#8217;t met. It was definitely a big step to go outside my comfort [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/exploring-classism" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Class Reproduction by Four Year Olds</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/class-reproduction-year-olds</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/class-reproduction-year-olds#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessi Streib</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class reproduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class speech differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[public school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaking up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Class Reproduction by Four Year OldsI watched how class played out in a preschool classroom, creating disadvantages for the already disadvantaged and privileges for those born into privilege. I spent eight months observing in a preschool classroom full of four years old. About half of the preschoolers in this classroom were from working-class families and were receiving scholarships to attend [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/class-reproduction-year-olds" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Being Indebted Is My Real Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/indebted-real-wealth</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/indebted-real-wealth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha Adkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being Indebted Is My Real WealthI&#8217;m distressed that academic conventions seem to preclude, or at least discourage, acknowledgment that the work I will present to my dissertation committee is not, properly speaking, mine. &#8220;My&#8221; project involves spiking seawater samples with methyl mercury. My background is environmental health, not analytical chemistry. I don&#8217;t have the skills to handle methyl mercury safely. [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/indebted-real-wealth" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu and The Self-Made Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/ubuntu-selfmade-myth</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/ubuntu-selfmade-myth#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Morneault</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classist Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming the victim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owning class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super-rich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ubuntu and The Self-Made MythWe’ve all heard rags-to-riches stories about successful individuals who “pulled themselves up by the bootstraps.”  Certainly, many successful business people owe their good fortune to hard work and innovative thinking. But, to describe those people as “self-made” would be to dismiss a big piece of reality—the role of the commons. Would Bill Gates have enjoyed [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/ubuntu-selfmade-myth" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 99% Gets A Break Down</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/99-broken</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/99-broken#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Hunter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social movements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 99% Gets A Break DownThis last weekend I was asked to do a training on class for a group of Occupy activists in upstate New York.  I was delighted, thrilled &#8212; and then terribly nervous.  Why?  Well, I love the 99% framework.  But when it comes to getting deeper in class, it&#8217;s a little &#8230; uhm&#8230; conflating.  I worried [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/99-broken" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going on Trial to Prove I Belong</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/trial-prove-belong</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/trial-prove-belong#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adj Marshall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first generation college students]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Going on Trial to Prove I BelongSoon after arriving on campus as a freshman I found myself navigating the long hallways of college almost furtively, quietly darting between the large archways of the turn-of-the-century building, afraid to cause a stir lest I be told that my acceptance to this institution had all been a mistake and could at any point be [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/trial-prove-belong" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty and Disability: the Vicious Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/poverty-disability-vicious-circle</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/poverty-disability-vicious-circle#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Stout</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class and Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-wage jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poverty and Disability: the Vicious CircleI first started to look at disability as a class issue when 18 of our members from Piedmont Peace Project and I attended a national peace movement conference in Atlanta.  Six of us were disabled and three in wheelchairs, including me. No other group had visibly disabled people present, although I’m sure some hidden disabilities [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/poverty-disability-vicious-circle" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>No-degree social movement thinkers</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/nodegree-social-movement-thinkers</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/nodegree-social-movement-thinkers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No-degree social movement thinkersWho do you think of when you think of a social movement theorist? A professor? Two of the authors who have taught me the most about social movement strategy have only high school degrees: Linda Stout and the late Bill Moyer. I very rarely see either of them cited in the social movement literature. I [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/nodegree-social-movement-thinkers" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Class Nightmare of Disability</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/class-nightmare-disability</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/class-nightmare-disability#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class and Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in social services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=6034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Class Nightmare of DisabilitySeeking instant invisibility? Displacement from society? Separation from the shared life expectations of friends, family and colleagues? If so, become disabled. Visible or invisible, commonly recognized or incomprehensible, causing odd tics or socially-unacceptable behaviors, your disability will likely make you actively ignored by others or looked at like a circus freak. (“Mommy, why is that [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/class-nightmare-disability" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The anger of a first-generation student</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/anger-firstgeneration-student</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/anger-firstgeneration-student#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Loftis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The anger of a first-generation studentGrowing up, my parents always told me that I could be and do whatever I wanted.  I always believed them, but what I was never told was how angry I&#8217;d feel every day of my life. No one told me about the anger I&#8217;d feel when 90% of my class raises their hand when the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/anger-firstgeneration-student" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A haiku about money</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/money-haiku</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/money-haiku#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pilar Gonzales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A haiku about moneyPiled high, folded neat I hear money call to me Pilar, save me &#8230; please<a href="http://www.classism.org/money-haiku" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An interesting class culture question</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/interesting-question</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/interesting-question#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Mahin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[owning class]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting class culture questionTo what extent is a person’s class culture determined by the environment they are raised in, and to what extent is it determined by their parents&#8217; class culture? What do I mean? I have noticed an interesting phenomenon: In owning-class old money families eventually the money runs out and people are forced to raise the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/interesting-question" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Overlooking luck</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/overlooking-luck</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/overlooking-luck#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Loftis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming the victim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-generation college students]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overlooking luckCan someone please explain to Newt Gingrich that people not wanting a job typically doesn’t cause poverty; being unable to get a job causes poverty.  I would strongly assert that very few people want to be unable to provide for themselves and their families.  People who have only experienced privilege often do not recognize the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/overlooking-luck" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hiding the lunch ticket</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/hiding-lunch-ticket</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/hiding-lunch-ticket#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>S.M. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism among Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiding the lunch ticketI was an outsider at my junior high school. Why was I ashamed of my family&#8217;s poverty? When my family lost its small business and home in Philadelphia and was forced to move to Brooklyn to live with one of my mother&#8217;s sister, I was in the middle of the last term of the sixth [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/hiding-lunch-ticket" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guilt and Defensiveness vs Owning Our Privilege(s)</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/guilt-defensiveness-owning-privileges</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/guilt-defensiveness-owning-privileges#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lena Rothman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guilt and Defensiveness vs Owning Our Privilege(s)What follows is a very personal essay about my own learning about class, race and other &#8220;isms.&#8221; I use my own method of self-critique and observation and lived experience. Most of what I&#8217;ve learned is, of course, unfortunately, hindsight. I am from a poverty / lower working class background. Socially I have had many mixed [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/guilt-defensiveness-owning-privileges" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The most classist comment of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/classist-comment-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most classist comment of 2011Last January Classism Exposed asked for your votes on which was the most classist comment by a public figure in 2010, offering eight options. Readers weighed in and added their own grisly candidates. But this year, there&#8217;s no point in running a poll, since we already know who&#8217;s going to win (drumroll, please): Newt Gingrich, [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/classist-comment-2011" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxing the Rich Isn&#8217;t Enough: Family Dynasties in America</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/taxing-rich-family-dynasties-america</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/taxing-rich-family-dynasties-america#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxing the Rich Isn&#8217;t Enough: Family Dynasties in AmericaMy family has been wealthy for hundreds of years &#8211; with a lot of government help along the way. My ancestors had a plantation with slaves, which began with a royal land grant. Their state government went to war to protect their &#8220;right&#8221; to make money from slavery. The family&#8217;s wealth and influence was setback [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/taxing-rich-family-dynasties-america" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who should we REALLY be wary of?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lena Rothman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who should we REALLY be wary of?The subject line said: &#8220;Tis the Season for Criminals&#8221;;  then the body of the email, written in large threatening capital letters, said, &#8220;REMEMBER, DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS, SO BE VERY WARY WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN PUBLIC&#8230;&#8230;&#8221; What follows is my response, because I had this incredible experience this morning. A young repairman of [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/wary" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Much is Enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/how-much-is-enough</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Franklin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Much is Enough?As we enter into the “season of giving,” it’s important to note that our decisions about how much to give are rooted in a deeper question of “how much is enough?” Yet many of us leave that underlying question unasked – acting based on general social norms related to wealth instead of finding an answer [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/how-much-is-enough" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Give anonymously or openly? One woman&#8217;s family story</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/give-anonymously-give-openly</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/give-anonymously-give-openly#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pilar Gonzales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy and Classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give anonymously or openly? One woman&#8217;s family storyI’m in the field of philanthropy. I not only advise on fundraising with organizations but I also advise donors on how best they can give away their money. It’s a great marriage of reciprocity and I’m honored to do this work. I love seeing the transformative effect on people who share their money with the [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/give-anonymously-give-openly" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What about those hand signals?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/hand-signals</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about those hand signals?The same week that Steven Colbert pretended to mock Occupy Wall Street&#8217;s hand signals, I saw them used at an Occupy Boston General Assembly, and my Social Movements class studied the pitfalls of too much and too little &#8220;movement culture&#8221; &#8211; quite a serendipity! Using the six measures of degrees of movement culture that my [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/hand-signals" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts about Thanksgiving (&amp; -isms we may encounter at the table!)</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/thoughts-thanksgiving-isms-encounter-table</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/thoughts-thanksgiving-isms-encounter-table#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Renee Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts about Thanksgiving (&amp; -isms we may encounter at the table!)After listening to a NPR segment about Thanksgiving and some anxiety that this very social holiday brings up for folks, I realized that this year may be challenging in new ways. Not only has the economy been stagnant, unemployment is rising, and political movements are taking place nationwide and internationally that put class inequality at [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/thoughts-thanksgiving-isms-encounter-table" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giving thanks humbly or smugly</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/giving-humbly-smugly</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/giving-humbly-smugly#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving thanks humbly or smuglyWhen I was a girl, at the beginning of Thanksgiving dinner, my family would sing a beautiful old hymn, We Gather Together, the most traditional Thanksgiving song, written in 1597. I loved the melody and the tradition and didn’t think much about the words. But in my 20s, with my newly critical eye, I scrutinized [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/giving-humbly-smugly" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Have pity on the rich</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/pity-rich</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Frieman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philanthropy and Classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have pity on the richRich people must protest the way they are treated here in the US of A. And Marin County is THE place to start, cuz we got a LOT of rich people here. Why, just recently we were proudly cited as one of THE richest counties in the US. Filthily so. It’s clear that the rich [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/pity-rich" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity &amp; isms in #Occupy</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/diversity-isms-occupy</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/diversity-isms-occupy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Miller of OTC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diversity &amp; isms in #OccupyThe various &#8220;Occupy&#8221; developments around the country have opened the long-neglected and marginalized question of economic equality, and the power of concentrated income and wealth over the nation&#8217;s nominally &#8220;democratic&#8221; political system.  Nothing could be more welcome.  At the same time, the historic struggles of various &#8220;identity groups&#8221; for their place in the sun is [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/diversity-isms-occupy" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Occupy Together Movement:  5 Points, for Your Consideration</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/occupy-movement-5-points-consideration</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/occupy-movement-5-points-consideration#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Fletcher Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Occupy Together Movement:  5 Points, for Your ConsiderationThe Occupy Together Movement, starting with Occupy Wall Street, has been, in the words of an old television commercial, &#8216;simply marvelous&#8217;.  This is an exciting, energizing repudiation of the politics of economic injustice.  For this reason alone the movement needs the support of those of us on the left-side of the aisle.  Yes, there are [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/occupy-movement-5-points-consideration" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Horizontal Participatory Democracy is Worth the Wait</title>
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		<comments>http://www.classism.org/horizontal-participatory-democracy-worth-wait#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Delvino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participatory democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Horizontal Participatory Democracy is Worth the Wait“Mic check!” “MIC CHECK!”   “I just want to say” “I JUST WANT TO SAY”     “that this is my first time here” “THAT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE”      “and that being here right now” “AND THAT BEING HERE RIGHT NOW”      “and participating in this process” “AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS”     “is the happiest” “IS THE [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/horizontal-participatory-democracy-worth-wait" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Class War (for Felice Yeskel)</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/class-war-felice-yeskel</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Collins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felice Yeskel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your Class War (for Felice Yeskel)A memorial for Felice Yeskel will be held this Sunday 10/23 at 1:30 at the Jewish Community of Amherst. Felice&#8217;s long-time colleague Chuck Collins wrote this poem in honor of this occasion memorializing Class Action&#8217;s kick-ass co-founder. Your Class War (For Felice Yeskel) Class war! You would laugh at the absurd idea of the poor inconveniencing the rich. You [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/class-war-felice-yeskel" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>WWFD? What Would Felice Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/wwfd-felice</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WWFD? What Would Felice Do?Working in the Class Action office, I sometimes find myself asking, “What would Felice do?” Often it’s hard to know, but at other times I can almost hear her voice weighing in on a decision. For example, should we do a local training of trainers now, or wait until we can afford to fly in [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/wwfd-felice" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupiers’ Demands and Working-Class Activist Traditions</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/occupiers-demands-workingclass-activist-traditions</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupiers’ Demands and Working-Class Activist TraditionsThanks to Occupy Wall Street and its spin-offs, a national conversation has broken out over the purpose of protesting. I understand why defenders of the Occupy encampments say that it’s OK to put forward only general issues; it’s true that just being there spotlights the problems with the economy. But last Sunday’s New York Times [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/occupiers-demands-workingclass-activist-traditions" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of human rights, how many violations have I encountered in my life?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/speaking-human-rights-violations-encountered-life</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/speaking-human-rights-violations-encountered-life#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>"Kitty Corey"</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of human rights, how many violations have I encountered in my life?We never had enough food for all five children in our house and I don`t remember ever having an orange. My earliest memories are of a drunken father beating my mother and then in turn my mother yelling at me that I was ugly and I had the ugliest disposition she ever saw. After my [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/speaking-human-rights-violations-encountered-life" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Socializing with Ivy League elitists</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/socializing-ivy-league-elitists</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/socializing-ivy-league-elitists#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Loftis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socializing with Ivy League elitists“But you don’t seem poor” &#8212; five words that I’ll never forget. In the fall of 2009 I arrived at Wellesley College after having spent my entire life in a small town in Ohio. Most of the kids that I had dated in high school were the same kids I played with on the playground. [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/socializing-ivy-league-elitists" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy DC: Chamber of Commerce helps &#8216;built-to-loot&#8217; companies</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/occupy-dc-chamber-commerce-helps-builttoloot-companies</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/occupy-dc-chamber-commerce-helps-builttoloot-companies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy DC: Chamber of Commerce helps &#8216;built-to-loot&#8217; companiesOn Thursday, October 6, more than 2,000 people assembled at Freedom Square and marched to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We brought thousands of resumes of people looking for jobs. Many testified about their job searches. Here were my remarks: A coalition of Wall Street companies —and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — are pressing [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/occupy-dc-chamber-commerce-helps-builttoloot-companies" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How working at a community college is like working retail</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/working-community-college-working-retail</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/working-community-college-working-retail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Withers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adjunct professors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-wage jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How working at a community college is like working retailExpectations are a pain in the ass. There’s an old saying, “plant an expectation, reap a disappointment.” Yep I did it, planted and am now disappointed. I teach Sociology at a rural community college; I love teaching, but I don’t love that adjunct teachers like me are temporary, at-will employees. Who knew that the working [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/working-community-college-working-retail" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street occupation for the 99%</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/wall-street-occupation-eyewitness</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/wall-street-occupation-eyewitness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maynard Seider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[#Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class in The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession unemployment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street occupation for the 99%The first thing I felt when I arrived at Liberty Park in New York City this past Saturday was the energy. It brought me back to the late ‘60s when I was a graduate student in Wisconsin. Now, in what might become the American Autumn, hundreds of men and women, mostly in their 20s and [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/wall-street-occupation-eyewitness" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Schooling the system of privilege</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/schooling-system-privilege</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/schooling-system-privilege#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Redington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaking up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Schooling the system of privilegeThis “back to school” season got me to thinking about my own formal education, and the teachers and professors I’ve known who have or have not used their positions of academic influence to challenge the status quo, especially the economic status quo. The current issue of Boston Review features Noam Chomsky’s essay, “The Responsibility of [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/schooling-system-privilege" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>CEOs Rewarded For Dodging Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/ceos-dodging-taxes</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/ceos-dodging-taxes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Collins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classist Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO Pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate tax dodging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay disparities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unequal pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CEOs Rewarded For Dodging TaxesAs the Super Congress eyes trillions in budget cuts that will undermine the quality of life for most Americans, here&#8217;s a stunning fact to contemplate: Twenty-five hugely profitable U.S. companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid Uncle Sam in taxes. In other words, the more CEOs dodge their civic responsibilities, the more [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/ceos-dodging-taxes" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon Strike: A Teachable Moment?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/verizon-strike-teachable-moment</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/verizon-strike-teachable-moment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A World Without Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classist Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verizon Strike: A Teachable Moment?Why Health Care Strikes Should Demand “Health Care For All,” Not Just “Hands Off My ‘Middle Class’ Benefits” For two weeks in August, thousands of Verizon strikers provided an inspiring display of picket-line militancy and resistance to contract concessions. From Massachusetts to Virginia, members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/verizon-strike-teachable-moment" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building Solidarity and Dealing with Racism</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/building-solidarity-dealing-racism</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/building-solidarity-dealing-racism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Miller of OTC</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Diversity Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Progressive Movement Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building Solidarity and Dealing with RacismIn 1971, when I was &#8220;lead organizer&#8221; for what became the All Peoples&#8217; Coalition (APC), I learned a different approach to dealing with some racism I encountered among working-class whites. APC was a federation of some thirty organizations (churches, block clubs, the neighborhood shopping strip&#8217;s merchant association, tenant associations, and other groups in Visitacion Valley, [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/building-solidarity-dealing-racism" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remember When It Was Poster Board?: Computer Technologies and School Disadvantage</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/remember-poster-board-computer-technologies-school-disadvantage</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/remember-poster-board-computer-technologies-school-disadvantage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul C. Gorski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember When It Was Poster Board?: Computer Technologies and School DisadvantageRemember when it was the poster board? I do. I remember my elementary school classmates—Russell, Missy, Jake—who could never afford it, who would raise their hands meekly, eyes downcast, when the teacher asked, &#8220;Who needs help getting poster board?&#8221; I pitied them and wondered what else they couldn’t afford: a pack of National Football League [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/remember-poster-board-computer-technologies-school-disadvantage" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Dubious Milestone</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/dubious-milestone</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/dubious-milestone#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Leondar-Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the word "classism"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Dubious MilestoneWell, a goal of Class Action&#8217;s just took a step forward, though not exactly in the way we envisioned. The professional cheaters have recognized our cause! About five years ago, the Class Action board discussed setting concrete objectives to measure our progress towards getting classism into American public consciousness, which is one of our goals [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/dubious-milestone" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Generation College Students Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/generation-college-students-survey</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/generation-college-students-survey#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hien Pham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Generation College Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics and Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First Generation College Students SurveyClass Action is conducting a survey of prospective, current, and previous first generation college students in order to develop a program that supports these students in college. Please help out by taking a few minutes to complete the survey! For more information about First Generation College Students Project, please check this link out &#8211;&#62; http://www.classism.org/resources/resources-generation-college-students [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/generation-college-students-survey" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Misconception of debt</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/misconception-debt</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/misconception-debt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Loftis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class in Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in the Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-esteem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Misconception of debtLike many college students, I recently took out my first loan for college. Although not a significant amount, it was still more than I’ve ever had in my own personal bank account. My loan was the first money I’ve ever borrowed; I don’t even own a credit card. Unlike my mother, who is already worried [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/misconception-debt" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A 4th of July Declaration of Dependence</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/4th-july-declaration-dependence</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/4th-july-declaration-dependence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maynard Seider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in K-12 Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized testing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.classism.org/?p=5200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 4th of July Declaration of DependenceIt&#8217;s no small irony that on the 4th of July weekend our nation&#8217;s largest union surrendered a chunk of its independence. At their annual meeting in Chicago, the National Education Association&#8217;s Representative Assembly voted to support the use of student standardized test results in the evaluation of teachers. That vote alters the union&#8217;s previous opposition [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/4th-july-declaration-dependence" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Owning Class Folks &#8211; Let&#8217;s Explore Some Tough Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/owning-class-folks-explore-tough-questions</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/owning-class-folks-explore-tough-questions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HollyFulton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class cultures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict-avoidance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owning Class Folks &#8211; Let&#8217;s Explore Some Tough QuestionsHow can we owning class folks who care about enormous horrors going on today initiate a systemic difference by speaking up about the harm that continues in a drastically different manner? For some of us, the origins of today&#8217;s enormous inequities are from the source of our wealth. Will you join me in this conversation? [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/owning-class-folks-explore-tough-questions" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Love Money</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/love-money</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/love-money#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CatherineOrland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with privilege]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Love MoneyRecently, my partner, who was raised working class, called me out about an emotional block I have around money. He said, &#8220;As long as you hold onto the idea that money is dirty and evil, you will never hope to make any of it.&#8221; He encouraged me to repeat after him &#8220;I love money&#8221;. The [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/love-money" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Query: How to open discussion with a poor-basher?</title>
		<link>http://www.classism.org/query-discuss</link>
		<comments>http://www.classism.org/query-discuss#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lena Rothman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classism in Everyday Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classism in Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality and Ending Classism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Query: How to open discussion with a poor-basher?Dear Class Action, What should I do? My neighbor in my conservative rural town emailed this racist/classist piece of junk to me. I need some advice on what to do next. I asked the one who sent it to me and another womyn if they had any interest in coming to my house and watching [...]<a href="http://www.classism.org/query-discuss" title="" rel="bookmark">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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