Has Class Trumped Race? Part 1 - Understanding Privilege

There is also an interesting post called “Being Poor” by John Scalzi (apparently written in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.) At the end of a long list of scenarios, he writes:

Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.

Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor.

Being poor is seeing how few options you have.

1. Has anyone close to you ever overdosed on drugs?

3. Has anyone in your family’s social circle ever been in prison?

4. Has your family ever been foreclosed on?

5. Have your parents ever been bankrupt?

7. Have you seen a dentist in the past year?

9. Did your parents use pay-day loans?

12. Has anyone in your immediate family ever delayed an important medical procedure because they didn’t have the money?

13. Did you ever move in with relatives because of financial problems?

15. Was one or both parents often unemployed and looking for work?

16. Was your family ever evicted?