[lbo-talk] Sowell on "black rednecks"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Apr 27 08:01:45 PDT 2005


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>There is however, one problem. If the life styles of the underclass are so
>finger licking good, why are we wasting our time to get rid of capitalism
>and create a better society?

I wouldn't use the word underclass - way too ugly and stigmatizing for me. But there is a tendency among some leftists to idealize the actually existing working class - and the poor on a global scale. I'd love to hear an answer to this question.

Doug



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