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obamanut2012

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36. Every student assistant I have

Fri May 24, 2024, 11:12 PM

May 2024

Is first gen from blue collar homes. 15 kids, at a UC "elite." One of them has parents who are farm pickers.

These are smart, talented kids from regular homes, not Muffster and Chadkins with trust funds and prep school backgrounds.

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Are Gaza Protests Happening Mostly at Elite Colleges? (Yes) [View all] brooklynite May 2024 OP

My Alma Mater Didn't Have One Deep State Witch May 2024 #1

Looking it up now Mossfern May 2024 #2

Like CUNY. Didn't know they were elite. Voltaire2 May 2024 #3

I know, it is ridiculous obamanut2012 May 2024 #7

The intent of course is to marginalize and stigmatize Voltaire2 May 2024 #9

If only this movement had the resources of its opposition... David__77 May 2024 #12

So, WASHINGTON MONTHLY is part of the "corporate media"? brooklynite May 2024 #14

Where did he say that? nt Rob H. May 2024 #15

That's the usual explanation for media stories people here don't like. brooklynite May 2024 #16

Ah, so you're putting words in his mouth. nt Rob H. May 2024 #17

I framed a question that the poster is free to respond to. brooklynite May 2024 #20

And now you're gaslighting Rob H. May 2024 #23

"I'm just asking the question!!" dpibel May 2024 #28

Exactly! nt Rob H. May 2024 #34

Seems to be a pattern, eh? nt Brenda May 2024 #45

UCLA absolutely is an elite university. Ranked 14th in global universities in one of the bigger rankings. Celerity May 2024 #10

It's still a state school iemanja May 2024 #25

And? So are Oxford, Cambridge, ETH Zurich, The Sorbonne, U of Michigan, U of Washington, etc etc. There are plenty of Celerity May 2024 #29

The point of highlighting the Ivies iemanja May 2024 #30

I was strictly dealing with the false attempt to claim that UCLA was not an elite university, nothing more, nothing less Celerity May 2024 #32

"Best" is a relative term. For example, globally UCLA is 14th best overall, but 51st best for their business program, lapucelle May 2024 #47

Media just chooses to focus on those. David__77 May 2024 #4

Lions & tigers & bears! H2O Man May 2024 #5

Nope, most are state universities and colleges obamanut2012 May 2024 #6

Thankfully lots of working class people have and do attend UC and CSU. David__77 May 2024 #8

Every student assistant I have obamanut2012 May 2024 #36

completely wrong in UCLA's case, see post 10 Celerity May 2024 #11

You are wrong obamanut2012 May 2024 #35

No, I am not wrong. I never once said they are 'schools for elites'. That is your construct. Celerity May 2024 #37

fake populism TheRealNorth May 2024 #13

So it seems like there is some fuckery afoot here with what is being presented? SoFlaBro May 2024 #38

There may be a syntax problem in your subject line Model35mech May 2024 #18

Attacks on the "elites". Model35mech May 2024 #19

Yep duckworth969 May 2024 #24

I've been wondering about this, didn't think it was happening at community colleges or non-elite schools. betsuni May 2024 #21

"Picky eaters, too." LOL AnrothElf May 2024 #33

No wonder protesters were told not to give statements to the press! betsuni May 2024 #40

Yup, here in the US we seem infected with nostalgia from the 1960s anti-Vietnam War movement. AnrothElf May 2024 #41

I posted that the schools Mossfern May 2024 #42

"Surely the youth of the hoi poli care as well" betsuni May 2024 #44

They are happening at state colleges and universities too iemanja May 2024 #22

Not so much, actually, unless state colleges are "mostly elite" ... marble falls May 2024 #26

Naturally, I worked two or three jobs...did Camp WE WoK in the summer and Caldors (like Walmart) Demsrule86 May 2024 #27

"It seems like" iemanja May 2024 #31

Exactly. I heard the same right-wing comments about Occupy Wall Street. Brenda May 2024 #46

Duke University is elite. N/T lapucelle May 2024 #48

+1 betsuni May 2024 #43

Being a useful idiot is privileged behavior Tom of Temecula May 2024 #39