My latest for @nytimes Opinion | Middle-Class Shame Will Decide Where America Is Headed - The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/middle-class-shame-american-politics.html …
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I think "your economic well-being *is* traceable principally to your own efforts," (
@anatosaurus) although that fact isn't helpful for political messaging. We can be responsible for our lives without feeling shame and loathing for not accomplishing more.
It would be great were that the case. For most Americans -- it never has been thanks to discrimination of every kind. And today, the class you were born into no matter how badly you fail & how little you try predicts where you'll end up. https://psmag.com/economics/new-research-debunks-the-upward-mobility-myth …
