Current approaches to anti-discrimination & privilege hugely de-emphasise the role played by class & that might be the biggest factor.https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/917479502728572928 …
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It might not be but it's very hard to tell because 'systems of privilege' approaches neglect it so seriously. I suspect it is. Class/wealth.
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There's motivation to neglect class because it means some PoC have more privilege than some white people & some women more than some men.
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Particularly the latter but class & race have significant correlations which need to be looked at to address anything.
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Prob not coincidence my private schoolmates nearly all doing a lot better than my husbands whose underfunded school was closed for failure.
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Nor that my schoolmates nearly all white, South Asian & Jewish kids of wealthy parents & his white & black kids of poor ones.
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You say wealth & class. But when you mention South Asian & Jewish it sounds more like culture & family.
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That's what I mean by correlated with race. South Asian & Jewish overrepresented among professional classes who can educate kids privately.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GilR
And this certainly has something to do with culture coz those groups do better in state schools too. Expectations they will apply themselves
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But it certainly helps to be able to afford a private school & tutors & top universities.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Sure. But I have suspect you'll find greater correlation to culture than to wealth.
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