Ferguson lessons vs. Rotterham lessons: Class trumps race in UK, race trumps class in US. I shouldn't be surprised by that, but I am.
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it is spelt Rotherham. Class and race issues deeply intertwined in the UK.
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in the US too. I was observing what trumps what in the intertwining. Which cracks first.
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the Rotherham case seems strange in that it feels like authority was protecting so called minority races over white teenage girls.
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I think it's revealing that the girls were white but lower class. Otherwise 'missing white woman' syndrome would have kicked in.
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exactly. Class, race and gender. Which has priority? A matrix of the 3?
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