That which I don’t eat makes me better than you.
Tag: class
Alzheimer’s could be the most catastrophic impact of junk food | The Guardian
The strong association between poor diets and poverty allows people to use this issue as a cipher for something else they want to say, which is less socially acceptable.
Alzheimer’s could be the most catastrophic impact of junk food | The Guardian
Race, Class, and the Stigma of Riding the Bus in America
Choice commuters want a transit solution that seems modern, even if it’s actually old school. Really, they want a transportation choice that feels made for people just like them.
On the other side of the class and educational divide (…) it’s easy to forget what it’s like not to know.
Zadie Smith, in an essay on E.M. Forster collected in Changing My Mind. The context is whether or not readers pick up on literary/cultural references. It made me think of Ezra Klein.
Charles Murray on the New American Divide – WSJ.com
Places to live in which the people around you have no problems that need cooperative solutions tend to be sterile. America outside the enclaves of the new upper class is still a wonderful place, filled with smart, interesting, entertaining people. If you’re not part of that America, you’ve stripped yourself of much of what makes being American special.
The Rules of the Game: A Fuller Thought on J. Hopper and Vampire Weekend
The critic, ever wary of a band like Vampire Weekend’s likely privilege, doesn’t look very far into what, if anything, they’re saying about class — so sure is she that her take on class issues will be more important and incisive. The critic, ever wary of the band’s interest in African music being dilettantish, doesn’t much ask how that influence is operating — so sure is she that her relationship with African music is deeper, more solemn, more respectful. And at some point we’re barely reading criticism anymore: we’re just watching the refereeing of a game we’re all too familiar with.
Mark Larson 