How to keep the poor disunited
Bryan Maloney, Indianapolis, IN. A dirty little secret of institutionalized racism in the USA is that racism is a great way to distract the working...
Born privileged, living poor. Gained perspective.
Elizabeth Foster, Little Rock, AR. Growing up in a mostly-white suburb of Chicago, I was isolated from cultural and socioeconomic differences. Through my privilege, I...
Poor little middle class white girl
Nina Haug Richardson, TX While applying for college, I realized that I have no “hook” – the box, story, or line that might make me...
Is that integrated housing or something?
Christopher Allen, USA. As far as we can go back thanks to grandparents, my family were farmers. More often for survival than profit. Now my...
Hillbilly White Trash? I’m Oxford educated.
C. B, WV. I grew up poor in a rural West Virginia. My race, the way I talk and where I’m from immediately make people...
A child, called a white pig.
M. Landrum Atlanta, GA I grew up poor in a mixed neighborhood in south Atlanta. My two best friends were white and black, and for...
White and poor, must be stupid.
Aris Foucault Etheridge Leverett, MA I think it’s possible that the poor urban white perspective may be a helpful one in thinking about race as...
Affirmative action beneficiaries: mostly not poor
Nathan Whitelight USA Liberals arguing for racial preferences in our government always give a sob story about a minority who grew up in the ghetto,...
Weathly White Guy. Sorry. My Bad.
Richard Rochester, NY Born poor. Struggled to make it. Became successful. Hurt no one. The American Dream. I am not evil or greedy, just good...
She’s nothing, but poor white trash…
Patricia Richardson Sacramento, CA Came from a VERY poor family mother w/8 kids on welfare. I heard those words so many times growing up “I...
I will always be a target.
Nehemiah Bourne College Park, MD Being black in America I will always be a target. Some one will think im stealing, poor, stupid, ghetto and...
Race-effective in dividing and conquering.
Henrietta Jenrette Raleigh, NC Used in the South to keep poor white farmers from joining forces with poor black farmers to level the economic playing...
I’m a POOR BLACK LATINA FEMALE.
Anavlis, Syracuse, NY. I am a brown woman from Latin-America, meaning I am a black Latina. I also live in the projects, meaning I am...
