http://clipmarks.com/clipper/dmegivern/clipcast/Privilege/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/dmegivern/clipcast/Privilege/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0E2851B7-364F-4103-83F6-7A473243058A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/dmegivern/">dmegivern</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.racialicious.com/2008/02/05/has-class-trumped-race-part-1-understanding-privilege/" title="http://www.racialicious.com/2008/02/05/has-class-trumped-race-part-1-understanding-privilege/">www.racialicious.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 class="post-title">Has Class Trumped Race? Part 1 - Understanding Privilege</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>There is also an interesting post called <A href="http://scalzi.com/whatever/003704.html">“Being Poor”</A> by John Scalzi (apparently written in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.) At the end of a long list of scenarios, he writes:</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><BLOCKQUOTE><P>Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.</P> <P>Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor.</P> <P>Being poor is seeing how few options you have.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>1. Has anyone close to you ever overdosed on drugs?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>3. Has anyone in your family’s social circle ever been in prison?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>4. Has your family ever been foreclosed on?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>5. Have your parents ever been bankrupt?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>7. Have you seen a dentist in the past year?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>9. Did your parents use pay-day loans?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>12. Has anyone in your immediate family ever delayed an important medical procedure because they didn’t have the money?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>13. Did you ever move in with relatives because of financial problems?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>15. Was one or both parents often unemployed and looking for work?</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>16. Was your family ever evicted?</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.racialicious.com/2008/02/05/has-class-trumped-race-part-1-understanding-privilege/Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:38:53 GMT