Tag / Middle Class
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The Beginning of the End of the Middle: An S.O.S. from the Middle Class
BY HANNAH WALDMAN “It’s not that we don’t care, we just know that the fight ain’t fair, so we keep on waiting, waiting on the world to change,” croons John Mayer in what has become an anthem for the millennial generation. Let’s face it—as college students, we often shrug our shoulders at big issues, assuring…
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Diving Deeper Than Dialogue: Does Washington University Need a Middle Class?
BY RAJA KRISHNA A few weeks ago, a group of students in Bear’s Den publicly recited the lyrics to a rap song containing the n-word while standing next to a table full of African-American students. The question of racist intent remains contentious, but everyone knows what happened next: our campus exploded. Debates raged on Facebook,…
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