[news] Class Slurs and The "N" Word

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One of the most radical TV shows that I recall ever seeing was an episode of the Jeffersons. The black Jefferson family was arguing with their white friends. And George Jefferson did the unimaginable to progressive leftists: he spoke truth. He said, right there on TV, that the white guy was gonna pull the "n" word, as soon as he got really mad and the white guy did just that. It was certainly a historic moment for American TV. But I have found one of the reasons I simply cannot align with, nor trust, people in the middle to upper classes is that the minute they do not like what you are saying, or feel they have lost superiority, they will pull the class card just as quickly as whites will pull the "n" word, showing their true colors.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/8/6/11455/02880