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"Two taps on the door, it opened and the gang was all there four disenfranchised African-Americans posted up in a 9 x 11 prison-size tenement, one of those spots where you enter the front door, take a half-step and land in the yard. I call us disenfranchised, because Obamas selfie with some random lady or the whole selfie movement in general is more important than us and the conditions where we dwell.
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Its amazing how the news seems so instant to most from my generation with our iPhones, Wi-Fi, tablets and iPads, but actually it isnt. The idea of information being class-based as well became evident to me when I watched my friends talk about a weeks-old story as if it happened yesterday.
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But in 2014 it feels the same as Bush, or Clinton, or any other president. The rich are copping new boats and we still are using the oven to heat up our houses in the winter, while eating our cereal with forks to preserve milk. America still feels like America, a place where you have to pay to play, any and everywhere even here at our broke-ass card game."
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/too_poor_for_pop_culture/
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(12,233 posts)freeplessinseattle
(3,508 posts)As I was reading I was thinking what a gifted writer he is, vividly drawing us in. Then come to find out halfway thru that he's a college prof. Graduated from John Hopkins with honors.
Adjunct prof that is. Big difference income wise. But wiser than most of the "elite" set.