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things you will hear if you try to talk about class
The working class is disappearing
Class does not exist in America
Define working class
We're all really working class because we
all work
My grandparents were working class
Can anybody cite statistics to show that a
working class exists in late capitalist America?
You wear your working class background like a badge
of honor
Unions are obsolete
I read in the paper about a janitor who makes
$50,000
a year - can you believe that?
White working class people are racist, homophobic
and sexist
But you don't look poor
Why are you so angry? The men who work for
my
dad's construction company are all cheerful, happy guys
You're just being divisive
I saw a woman in the grocery store buying lobster
with food stamps
I know you understand this, but you're different
- most working class people won't get it
Working class people don't read
You have a chip on your shoulder
Lighten up - white trash is hip You're
too
smart to be working class
Once you get a college degree you're no longer
working class
Nobody who lives in the suburbs is working
class
You're not working class because you make too much
money
You're not working class because you're not a manual
laborer
You're not working class because you're on the Internet
and
working class people can't afford Internet access because they don't have
enough
money ...Why
are you so angry? |