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Lacking a Language About Social Class

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Among the many things that sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom talks about throughout this excellent podcast conversation is the political consequences of our inability to access language about social class to understand our personal and collective circumstances.

Come for her analysis of class politics, stay for her (related) talk about Bama Rush, fat women's bodies, and race, class, and gender in all of this.

The full transcript is also at this link.

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