No Class Here At All

[neo_prodigy]

White peepul, new rule: no more bringing up the issue of classism during discussion on racism and white privilege. POCs will let you know when it's a matter of racism and classism.

As a matter of fact, generally speaking white folks should sit on their hands, listen, learn and STFU.

I've noticed that white people never bring up classism when it

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[sparkindarkness]

By putting the oppression which one suffers from as the true source of all goodness and justice that magically will solve all the world's ills then it serves the dual purpose of a) switching the focus onto the issue they prefer and b) denying own privilege (because we're now talking about a different marginalisation)

It's a really creepy and manipulative tactic that happens too often

[neo_prodigy]

Exactly. And it's not lost on me that it's usually the people who are most privileged: middleclass and white, who pull this shit.

[jnelums1988]

"Yes, poor white immigrants and poor white people have suffered and do suffer and it is a legitimate issue that deserves to be addressed. No one’s disputing that. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. realized this and often reached out to poor white people. Because classism is an injustice, I don’t care what race you are. But classism is not the same as racism. And no, being a poor white person =/= as being a person of color."

A poor white person is more likely to be excepted than a person of Color.
Case in point. Newark, New Jersey.