Yes. Class is one of the unspoken issues in this country. We are horrible about race, but we are at least talking about it. One of the reasons so many of the people "whose lives have worked out" think we're in a post-racial society is that no one will discuss class and its intersection with race.
I swear at least one of the panelists stopped looking at me when I said I'd gotten my food budget under $2 per day when I was unemployed (app .50 each on breakfast and lunch, and $1.00 for dinner).
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Date: 2010-06-17 01:45 am (UTC)I swear at least one of the panelists stopped looking at me when I said I'd gotten my food budget under $2 per day when I was unemployed (app .50 each on breakfast and lunch, and $1.00 for dinner).