Chapter 7: Classism

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Domhoff, G. W. (2014). Who rules America? The triumph of the corporate rich. Retrieved from http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/

Jensen, B. (2012)​. Reading classes: On culture and classism in America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Kivel, P. (2004). You call this a democracy? Who benefits, who pays, and who really decides? Croton-on-Hudson, New York: Apex Press.

Leondar-Wright, B. (2014). Missing class: Strengthening social movement groups by seeing class cultures. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Lui, M., Robles, B., Leondar-Wright, B., Brewer, R., & Adamson, R. (2006).  The color of wealth: The story behind the U.S. racial wealth divide.  New York: New Press.

Pittleman, K., & Resource Generation (2005). Classified. How to stop hiding your privilege and use it for social change. Berkeley, CA: Softskull Press. This whole book is available as a free PDF download from http://www.classifiedbook.com/

Reiman, J., & Leighton, P. (2012). The rich get richer and the poor get prison: Ideology, class and criminal justice (10th ed.). Pearson.

Sacks, P. (2007). Tearing down the gates: Confronting the class divide in American Education. University of California Press.

Zinn, H. (1995). A people’s history of the United States, 1492–present (rev. ed.). New York: Harper Collins.

Wealth Inequality in America (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
Born Rich. This documentary by Jamie Johnson (heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune) captures the rituals, worries, and social customs of the current generation of Trumps, Vanderbilts, Newhouses, and Bloombergs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o46HH-TfNY
The Student Debt Dilemma: Anya Kamenetz on the “Debt Generation” onPBS’ “Need to Know” (February 10, 2012).  
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/video/need-to-know-february-10-2012-student-debt-college-and-religion/13038/
Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality (2013), Gordon, C., Institute for Policy Studies
http://scalar.usc.edu/works/growing-apart-a-political-history-of-american-inequality/index
An online “book” with several interactive graphs showing changes in the distribution of wealth and income, overlaid with key policy metrics.
Guilty and Charged (audio)
http://www.npr.org/series/313986316/guilty-and-charged
(12 minutes)
An NPR investigation found an explosion in the use of fees charged to criminal defendants across the country, which has created a system of justice that targets the poor.
Three Miles (audio)
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/three-miles
(two segments, each 24 minutes)
An episode of This American Life exploring the experiences of students from a low-income school district who participated in a program to visit a wealthy private school just a few miles away.
The Sound of Wealth
http://www.classism.org/sound-wealth/?hc_location=ufi