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In my experience as an American, it’s basically impossible for most Americans to talk about race and class problems at the same time. It seems as if for most pe
by amazingman 9y ago
In my experience as an American, it’s basically impossible for most Americans to talk about race and class problems at the same time. It seems as if for most people they exist in a zero-sum relationship; either everything wrong is because race(ism) or everything wrong is because class(ism). It’s not only exasperating, but seems to have stalemated progress on a societal level for generations.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoThis may be because Americans believe that class mobility is high (even though it isn't as high as it once was). But if class mobility is high, then if you're lower class, well, that's kind of your own fault. Go fix it. Move up. But if you're of the wrong race, that clearly can't be your fault, and you can't "fix" it. That split in how we think about class and race may be the underlying mechanism as to why we can't talk about both class and race at the same time.