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

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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

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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

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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

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