Category Archives: Geography

Commenting on the commentary about “Accidental Racist”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt  I don’t watch TV or follow much pop culture, and most of the country music I occasionally listen to is on old albums by the likes of Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Martina McBride and Alison Krauss.  But … Continue reading →

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Imploring the Ivy League to attend to rural strivers

Posted on March 30, 2013 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt One of the most e-mailed items in the New York Times for the past day or so has been Claire Vaye Watkins “The Ivy League Was Another Planet.” (The alternative headline is “Elite Colleges Are As Foreign as … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Geography, mobility, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity | 2 Comments

By Lisa R. Pruitt  This story by Felicity Barringer in the New York Times last week-end was a revelation for me–a revelation about the complex linkages between class and hunting. Barringer’s story is ostensibly about how the state of Utah doles out hunting … Continue reading →

Posted on December 7, 2012 by ublawguest | 3 Comments

Rurality and class as identity, in the context of an elite(ist) institution

Posted on November 14, 2012 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt I have been following recent news out of Amherst College about sexual assaults some students have committed against others–and the allegations that Amherst administrators previously tried to hush up these incidents, discouraging victims from pressing charges. … Continue reading →

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The Devastating Disconnect Between Rich and Poor

Posted on February 12, 2012 by ublawguest

Posted by Lisa R. Pruitt The Occupy Wall Street movement has recently drawn national attention to economic inequality, and several new studies and a book just published also invite us to consider the acuteness of this inequality, as well as … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers and Participation in ClassCrits V: From Madison to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and Reclaiming the American Dream

Posted on January 20, 2012 by ublawguest

This workshop, the fifth meeting of ClassCrits, takes on class and the American dream as its theme. The most quintessentially American trait may be our capacity to look past current misfortune and imagine a brighter future.  Americans love a “rags … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, Classcrits events, corporate power, economic and social rights, Education, Equality Theory, Events, Financial Crisis, Free market ideology, Gender, Geography, Labor, Legislation, politics, Poverty, protest, Race and Ethnicity, What is ClassCrits?, who is middle class? | 2 Comments

Remembering Joe Bageant: Class Migrant, Class Warrior

Posted on October 14, 2011 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt Americans like to think they live in a society unstratified by class, a society of equal opportunity, where the American dream survives. Joe Bageant, a journalist turned cultural critic, challenged these myths with inimitable intensity, compassion, … Continue reading →

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Elitism and Education (Part IV): Admission Office Bias Against Rural Students?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt In a prior post about Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford’s book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal:  Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life, I mentioned Ross Douthat’s assertion that “the downscale, … Continue reading →

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Elitism and Education (Part III): Working Class Whites and Elite College Admissions

Posted on April 17, 2011 by ublawguest

By Lisa R. Pruitt Parts I and II of this series appeared in August, 2010 here and here. Ever since Ross Douthat discussed No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life in … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, Education, Geography, Race and Ethnicity | 10 Comments