[lit-ideas] Re: Pinch Michael Moore
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:00:16 -0800 (PST)
Class is definitely an issue, but what if Eliza Doolittle had a black
face? Think it might complicate things for most of American history?
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Pinch Michael Moore
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 3:48 PM
Simon: Sure there's going to be a black president and yes there's black
lawyers and judges and legislators, but there are still black (and hispanic)
ghettos.
Yes and there are also white ghettos (Appalachia, trailer parks, etc.) and
Asian ghettos (look behind the facade of NYC's Chinatown or the one in
Queens) and for all I know, a Tralfamadorian ghetto in San Francisco's
Castro neighborhood.
Seem to recall the percentage of blacks relative to the US population who have
achieved middle class status is roughly the same as that of whites.
What you're really talking about is the underclass. Your issues relate to
the poor, where numbers are skewed if you play the race game. So what you talk
about when you talk about racism may really be poverty.
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