but this critique of the recent series on class is a must-read for anyone who missed it (as I did) when ALDaily linked to it. Yes, class is still all about how much money you have. Isn't that strange?
And I hope everyone has seen the results of the Schiavo autopsy. She was blind and had not been abused. Of course, the autopsy will stop exactly none of the speculation.
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Wow, that piece was funny – who knew that eating pistachios was so wrong? The NYT deserved to be brought down for attributing all social problems to individual choice – regardless of the newspaper’s lack personal experience with poverty.
Still…
The factors that affect individual choice do constitute a large part of the problem. On top of separate lacks of food options, activity options, and health information, all these together affect the level of social support for eating well and keeping fit. Magically supplying fresh produce and meat wouldn’t be enough – where I live, people fry not only okra, but candy bars. Likewise, I agree that people drop out of college because they can’t afford it…but what about the ones who never try in the first place? It would take a lot of evidence to convince me that parents don’t influence their children’s education choices. I also don’t think you can easily distinguish between culture and circumstances. In my (okay, uninformed) opinion, one’s financial state and life experiences become incorporated into one’s culture. In other words, if you recall that your parents didn’t go to college because they couldn’t afford it, you’re disadvantaged. But if you don’t know why your parents didn’t go, only that they didn’t, and no one is encouraging you to go, well, one might believe that your culture isn’t pro-college. I’m saying that it’s a short step from root causes to commonly held practices and beliefs, and they’re difficult to disentangle.
Finally, another pet peeve – why are the very richest people always used as the referent group when discussing class? Paris Hilton is an outlier, and a fairly undesirable one at that. Why not aim for: financially secure, health-care assured, education assured, etc. Middle class without panic.
So I have a question for all of you folks who understand social sciences better than I do: what is the point of class analysis? To better understand flows of power and advantage, sure, but to what end? Why are you interested?
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