May 2011
10 posts
Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to...
Knowledge is power.
April 2011
9 posts
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”
– Jimi Hendrix. (via 18goingon80)
2/8/89-4/22/05 →
: Why Street Art Matters →
Some city councils get it, others don’t. Tapping the creative talents of street artists, illustrators and graphic designers is an effective and cool way to make bland public spaces, old buildings, bridges and car parks new again, and to freshen up the concrete jungle. It is also an…
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
3 posts
Scapegoats in Wisconsin Why is the middle class... →
“If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it...”
– Unknown (via kissmylovelyass)
December 2010
4 posts
I want some passion in my life
brw350:
“Love… is kinda like… you know when you see a fog in the morning when you wake up before the sun comes out? It’s just there a little while, then it burns away. It burns away… absolutely… quickly. Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.”
—
Charles Bukowski
except when you have that love that lasts and you cant seem to run from it even though its substance, its...
Sometimes people get away
brw350:
and Sometimes it works
People walk around pushing back their debts, Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets, Talkin about nothin, not thinkin about death, Every little heartbeat, every little breath. People walk a tight rope on a razors edge Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons. It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen Or a thought or a word or a sentence. There ain’t no reason things are this...
January 2010
1 post
is this racist? decide for yourself: →
on 1/11/10 the website’s poll results indicated that only 22% thought this was racist while 78% said it was not… what do you think?
December 2009
25 posts
“What good is social class and status? Truthfulness is measured within. Pride in...”
References:
Collins, P.H. (1993). Toward a new vision: race, class, and gender as categories for analysis and connection. Race, Sex, & Class, (1), 720-733.
Lui, M., Robles, B., Leondar-Wright, B., Brewer, R., & Adamson, R. (2006). The color of wealth: the story behind the U.S. racial wealth divide. New York: New Press.
Lui, M. (2009). Doubly divided: the racial wealth gap. In T. Ore, The social...
Conclusion:
Creating this plan has been very beneficial for me to understand the complexities of classism. Although the process mostly involved finding information I was already familiar with and reiterating what I’ve learned over the course of the semester, I have to say that this was also a learning experience for me. I was able to take the information presented in class by Michelle and put it into my...
“The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually...”
Persons Involved:
I’m hopeful that SWK225 remains close as time goes on in order to work together to provide education for as many people as possible about the realities of oppression in our lives. Our class has had many powerful discussions regarding race, class, gender, and sexism, and I hope we all will become allys to the cause.
Also, as previously mentioned, I am looking forward to working with Dr....
“The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations...”
Time Frame:
I plan to start implementing my plan as soon as it is finished. When I go home over Christmas break, I will begin at the personal level by discussing my plan with my family and friends. I will let them read this blog, and hopefully put the realities of classism into perspective for them, as SWK225 did for me this semester.
After we return from Christmas break for the new semester, I will contact...
“Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and...”
Actual Plan:
Now that I have provided a clear background on the issue of classism as it plays out in American society, it is time to describe the steps I will take to combat classism from as many angles as I can. As previously mentioned, I feel that classism is such a prevalent issue that I cannot do much if I limit myself to one axis. Classism needs to dealt with at a personal, professional, and academic...
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails,...”
Class in America: Two Elite Newspapers Tackle The... →
Classism in America →
Class Fictions: In two recent novels set on elite... →
Saying yes to housing →
Tour plan dead in the water: Operator appeals... →
Unlearning preconceptions:Program offers joint... →
Literature Review:
Over the course of the semester, we have studied many readings on oppression in general, as well as the “isms” associated with it, racism, sexism, and classism, and how power and privilege are a common theme among all the different axises of oppression. Since my action plan is associated with classism, I will discuss the readings from the semester that specifically pertain to class...
