Archive: Class

• WCP: Race AND Class, Then and Now

  The events that took place in Charlottesville and the President’s refusal to denounce white supremacists has led many to interpret current political tensions as rooted in racism, particularly among the white working class. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, KI affiliate faculty member Sherry Linkon discusses how the film Detroit, portraying the 1967 uprising in Motor City, and the white supremacist march in Charlottesville both reflect the intersection of race and class. Prof. Linkon insists that to make lasting social change, we must advance both economic justice and racial justice.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Alt Right, Black Lives Matter, Charlottesville, Class, Economic Justice, John Russo, Race, Racial Justice, Sherry Linkon, WCP, white supremacy, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Have We Been Had? Why Talking About the Working-Class Vote for Trump Hurts Us

  Much of what has been said about Trump’s support from working-class voters is either false or unproven. Even worse, flawed analyses reinforce damaging conservative narratives and undermine worker solidarity. In this week’s Working-Class Perspectives post, Allison L. Hurst calls for a more inclusive understanding of the working class in America.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Allison L Hurst, Class, Donald Trump, Electoral Politics, John Russo, Presidential Election, Sherry Linkon, WCP, White Working Class, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Neil Gorsuch and Religious Liberty: Class Dismissed

  Neil Gorsuch was nominated to be a Supreme Court Justice largely because of his concern for religious liberty. Yet as Ken Estey explains in this week's Working-Class Perspective, Gorsuch has priorit

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Class, Hobby Lobby, John Russo, Ken Estey, Neil Gorsuch, Religious liberty, Sherry Linkon, Supreme Court, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Shakespeare and Working-Class Students: The Value of Irrelevance

  Many first-generation students attend college to get out of the "working class" both economically and culturally. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Tim Francisco warns that prioritizing job

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Class, Higher education, Job readiness, John Russo, Mobility, Sherry Linkon, students, Teaching, Tim Francisco, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• CHATLANI: Intersections of Race and Class in the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS '17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are proud to host her blog posts on our website, including this thought

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: CIW, Class, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Environmental Justice, Race, Shalina Chatlani, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Master of None Lacks Class

  Aziz Anzari's Master of None gets a lot of things right. Its attention to racism, sexism, diversity, and the immigrant-family experience make the hilarious new Netflix series feel like a breath of f

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Aziz Anzari, Class, Comedy, Diversity, Immgrants, Immigration, Inequality, Master of None, Millennials, Netflix, Precariat, Racism, Sexism, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: Class at the Intersectional “Crash” Site: Scenes from Orange is the New Black

  In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sara Appel reminds us that class expresses itself uniquely in each person and is complexly interconnected with race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Class, Intersectionality, John Russo, Orange Is The New Black, Sara Appel, Sherry Linkon, Transgender, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives