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Subject:Classism (was Degree or Not Degree) From:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:58:51 -0400
Another parallel is the discussion re: whether or
not the computer industry is "forbidding" to women
and minorities -- I'd say that it's directly a class issue
because the upper classes have greater access to high-
tech resources. As a result, it indirectly *becomes* a
gender or race [or other] issue.
A.
--
Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
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>From: Mc Jdub[SMTP:wigginje -at- PSSCH -dot- PS -dot- GE -dot- COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 9:37 AM
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>Subject: Re: Degree or Not Degree?
>
>...This is true not because there is any inherent value in holding a degree
>per se, but only because we live in a classist society that seeks to
>oppress people by pitting them one against the other in whatever way(s)
>possible to exploit them to the greatest degree possible (npi) without
>inciting outright revolt.
>...
>It's interesting that the issue of dress code is running in parallel
>with the topic of "to degree or not to degree," because dress, too, is a
>way of differentiating people one from the other based on (hu?)man-made
distinctions that have no relation to worth....
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