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underthematrix

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1. Thank you for posting this clip.

Reply to betsuni (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:19 PM

Aug 2016

I'm reading the book right now and it's really eye opening. I like her example of my Fair Lady as a metaphor for class mobility. While I haven't gotten to the point where she references the play/movie in her book, it is one of the metaphors I thought while reading the first two chapters.

I hope many people will read it because I think it's difficult to make change unless you are grounded in history and context.

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Thank you for posting this clip. underthematrix Aug 2016 #1

You're welcome! I'm putting the book on my to-read list. (nt) betsuni Aug 2016 #3

Heard her on a tv show this week. A lot of points about beyond race, the further segregation Person 2713 Aug 2016 #2