Even though citizens of this nation like to insist that the United States is a classless society, we all know that the rich live apart from the rest of us and that they live differently. hooks, bell (2012-10-02). Where We Stand: Class Matters (p. 70). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition. This quote is probably the … Continue reading Being Rich — An ad hominem argument
Old Black Joe
Old Black Joe exemplifies Stephen Foster at his height of expression and grace. Note that the song is devoid of any affectations of black dialect. The language is poetic. If one can take away the bias of the modern era, indeed the century and more that has passed since its composing, and see it as … Continue reading Old Black Joe
The Politics of Greed
In Chapter 5, “The Politics of Greed”, Hooks gets her hook into an idea and gets so much of it backward. She has a real confusion about causality. There are so many things she says that I can see obvious connections. But she connects and plugs them in backward. She begins by making a good … Continue reading The Politics of Greed
Money Hungry
Hook begins chapter for of Class Matters discussing what it feels like to want things when there is no money to spare. This can be from actually being poor, or from “dominating males” in “patriarchal households” that withhold funds as a means of exercising “coercive control” over the wife and kids. She uses her father … Continue reading Money Hungry
Indian road trips
With this being a Sunday, I thought posting a link to this list of Indian road trips -- after all, what is more Sunday traditional than the Sunday afternoon drive. http://www.holidayiq.com/blog/20-road-trips-every-serious-indian-traveller-must-take-323.html?channel=social_fb So, which of these road trips sounds most appealing to you?
Class and the Politics of Living Simply
The use of fashions in thought is to distract men from their real dangers. We direct the fashionable outcry of each generation against those vices of which it is in the least danger, and fix its approval on the virtue that is nearest the vice which we are trying to make endemic. The game is … Continue reading Class and the Politics of Living Simply
Coming to Class Consciousness
In chapter 2 of Class Matters the author discusses the issue of various desires. Whenever she would desire something she couldn’t have, her mother would never admit it was a lack of money. Instead it became something only someone stupid who didn’t care about themselves would want. She learned to squelch desires and fantasies to gain … Continue reading Coming to Class Consciousness
Making the Personal Political: Class in the Family
The author of class matters starts her book out with an autobiographical chapter that could be a really entertaining story – if it didn’t turn into a sermon all the time. This chapter starts out with a description of the first house she remembers living in with her family – A rental block house with … Continue reading Making the Personal Political: Class in the Family
Oh! Susanna
I said the previous song was probably one of the most popular in the book, but I could also say it about this song. Although I am only familiar with three of the four verses in the original sheet music. I think you will be able to quickly tell which verse it is, and why … Continue reading Oh! Susanna
Leadership for a Multicultural Age – Making the Commitment: Personal, Organzational, and Political
I expected the last section of the book to have another set of principles, but it is more like a manifesto of sorts, a preamble and summary. So rather than just quote and comment, I’ll let the conclusion speak for itself: WE ARE LIVING IN a fluid moment in history. Great cultural and generational shifts … Continue reading Leadership for a Multicultural Age – Making the Commitment: Personal, Organzational, and Political
At The Rainbow 