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America’s Forgotten Class —Do the Poor Matter?

January 30, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Smiley, West, Huffington

So often in our public discourse the plight of the poor is subsumed within the needs of the middle class (i.e., “a rising tide lifts all boats”) or all together ignored. While this familiar narrative unfolded during Tavis Smiley’s America’s Next Chapter forum (I’ll return to this point later), it was refreshing to hear the conversation begin with a focus on America’s forgotten class.

Filed Under: Media & Society, Politics Tagged With: class warfare, conservatives, cornel west, economy, middle class, poor, poverty, public discourse, tavis smiley, working class

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