Category: Money, Class, and Poverty,

50 Years After the Moynihan Report, Examining the Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration – The Atlantic

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Politicians are suddenly eager to disown failed policies on American prisons, but they have failed to reckon with the history. Reconsidering Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on “The Negro Family,” 50 years later.

50 Years After the Moynihan Report, Examining the Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration – The Atlantic

Sigh…

What Working At McDonald’s Taught Me About Privilege 

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Had I gone to a manager and complained that I become anxious when the restaurant is busy or that hearing complaints from customers made me nervous, the manager would have concluded that this was simply not the right job for me. 

…Before you encourage someone to practice “self care” in its current definition, think about in what situations this is actually useful or feasible advice  

…We must remember that putting oneself first is the essence of privilege, and that, in order to grow, we must leave this selfish mindset behind.

What Working At McDonald’s Taught Me About Privilege | The Odyssey

Gary Neville’s homeless hotel

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Diane Taylor returns to the Manchester Stock Exchange, where squatters are spending Christmas courtesy of owners Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs

Gary Neville’s homeless hotel: what happened next – video | Society | The Guardian

“Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight”

Bernie Sanders’s big black voter problem – The Washington Post

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But here’s the thing: Sanders has stuck to his script about economic inequality and wealth hoarding in a campaign waged in the wake of a series of rather high-profile deaths of young, unarmed black men. So, for most black voters, the limited value of economic and even history-making political gains in the person of President Obama has never been more clear. Unless some kind of national attention is paid to what is currently a more pressing and existential issue for many African Americans, other gains seem tenuous at best. One cannot vote or grow a bank account if one is dead.

Bernie Sanders’s big black voter problem – The Washington Post

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