March 2024 M T W T F S S « Nov 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Recent Comments
- Richard Bucher on Why Howard U: A White Guy Explains (Part Two of Two)
- Barbara B. Murray, EdD on Why Howard U: A White Guy Explains (Part Two of Two)
- Richard Bucher on Is Life Fair?
- Patrick Henderson on Is Life Fair?
- Ueritta G. Crocker on Why Howard?
Blogroll
Tag Archives: middle-class
Is Life Fair?
Lots of times growing up, I can remember thinking life just isn’t fair. For example, I remember my dad not allowing me to practice the day before my Pleasantville (NY) junior varsity basketball game against Pelham. I was in the … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged African Americans, American athletes, Australia, Baltimore, basketball, community college students, disability, discrimination, diversity, education, female athletes, gender, gender-neutral, genders, gold medal, hard work, Hong Kong, Horatio Alger, Introductory Sociology, is life fair, level playing field, limited perceptions, media coverage, middle-class, Olympic Games, olympics, opportunities, Pelham NY, perceptions, perseverance, Pierre de Coubertin, Pleasantville High School, Pleasantville Junior High School, Pleasantville NY, Pleasantville Panthers, poor, race, religion, representative sample, sample, social mobility, sports, survey, Thailand, Tokyo, Tokyo Olympics, U.S., upper-class, upward mobility, Vietnam, wealth, YouGov.com
|
2 Comments
Our Aversion to Economic Inequality
To which social class do you belong? upper class middle class lower class When asked that question, the vast majority of the U.S. population (around 90%) responds middle class. We see ourselves as “making it,” not poor and not rich. … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged assets, Congress, diversity, diversity training, economic inequality, gender, income, inequality, LGBT, life chances, lower class, middle-class, mobility, opportunity, Oxfam, President Obama, race, racism, sexism, social barriers, social class, socially deviant, State of the Union, upper-class, wealth, wealth disparity, wealth gap, work ethic
|
Leave a comment
Living to See 25
Devastating, horrific, excrutiating, gut-wrenching. These descriptors have been heard repeatedly in response to the tragic loss of life in Newtown, Connecticut. All too often, these adjectives are also used by my students at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), who all … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged Baltimore City Community College, barriers to success, gun control, lower class, middle-class, new norm, Newtown, random killings, students
|
Leave a comment
Are White Males Qualified?
Recently, Luke Visconti, CEO of DiversityInc., tackled the question, “Can a white man speak with authority on the subject of diversity? As a white man who heads up a major diversity organization, Visconti’s race is proof, in the eyes of … Continue reading →