I Work, Therefore I Am …
by Bethany Ramirez UU Class Conversations Advisory Board member Defining Working Class How do you define “working class”? The girlfriend of a friend of mine used to insist that she was working class because her parents worked. They paid for her car, utilities and all of her credit card bills. They paid all of […]
Don’t Feed the Birds, Animals — or People?
by Nancy Hilliard, M.Ed When I learned about the latest indignity aimed at people living in persistent poverty, I had to ask myself, How did we dehumanize people living in poverty so thoroughly? According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, well over 30 municipalities have restricted or banned sharing food with homeless people across […]
The Intersection Between Class and Race
Too many events of the past several months remind of us how insidiously classism intertwines with racism. In the recent piece “Class Prejudice Resurgent” by David Brooks, he writes, “During the civil-rights era there was always a debate about what was a civil-rights issue and what was an economic or social issue. Now that distinction […]
Broke vs. “Broke” vs. Broken
by Kellie C. Kelly In Broke vs. ‘Broke’, Class Action trainer Nicole Brown explains one of the many ways class identity affects the college experience, especially in graduate school. Everyone I have ever known in graduate school has made significant sacrifices of time and treasure to complete their degrees. In order to discuss our “sacrifices […]