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American institutions should be controlling for this inherit classism, instead, the most prestigious continue to employ race-based selection criteria. Middle-c

by 2019-nCoV 6y ago

American institutions should be controlling for this inherit classism, instead, the most prestigious continue to employ race-based selection criteria. Middle-class America seems to have a particular disdain for the less well off. This divide is the driving force behind Trump. It's the same divide we're seeing play out now over reopening the economy. Suburbanites with cushy WFH jobs, chastising the poor who have been laid off, as they have the audacity to want to put food on the table tonight.

folkhack 6y ago
> Middle-class America seems to have a particular disdain for the less well off. Hell as someone who's struggled early-on... Poor America seems to have a particular disdain for the less well off too. I feel like I'm constantly surrounded by entitlement regardless of the person - and I'm no better as I am constantly trying to quash my own crap attitude with this... We were brought up this way across the board, to the point that I'm convinced childish entitlement is in our DNA as a country. It's just a whole bunch of finger pointing while ignoring the elephant in the room... but hey people seem to get off on the hate so the folks in charge keep us divided and subdued to their interests. Not disagreeing - just my own take being exposed to many diverse backgrounds rich/poor, rural/metro, etc etc. Everyone wants to point a finger because it's MUCH easier than acknowledging difficult societal problems/self-reflection.