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24 Oct 2011
2

The American Dream, Awoken Abruptly

by Jose
Tagsclass, nationalism, poverty
Pardon the disruption of the heady talk, but I’d rather preface my optimism for our children’s future for a realism I’ve understood since first born. We ought to look more clearly at what students in disadvantaged areas believe about our silly national...
Bernie Sanders and The Idea That Everyone Matters (And I Mean Everyone)
12 Dec 2010
0

Bernie Sanders and The Idea That Everyone Matters (And I Mean Everyone)

by Jose
Tagsbarack obama, bernie sanders, education, environment, government, poverty, school, senate, tax plan
On Friday, I came back from another CoCoLoco meeting in which someone suggested I become an administrator (for the umpteenth time) because I was asked to be a table leader even though I had no idea I was leading the table until my name was put at the top of a name chart...
Savage Inequalities, A Redux
14 Oct 2010
7

Savage Inequalities, A Redux

by Jose
Tagsarthur goldstein, classism, education, jonathan kozol, nancy flanagan, poverty
I‘d love for people to actually talk about the sorts of things people like Arthur Goldstein and Nancy Flanagan did on Huffington Post and the Washington Post, respectively, when it comes to education. I hate to break it to people across the nation, but poverty has...
Poverty: The Difference Between A Reason and An Excuse
31 Aug 2010
3

Poverty: The Difference Between A Reason and An Excuse

by Jose
Tagspoverty
The vegetables in the local grocery stores still rot, years after studies have shown that poor neighborhoods always get the stale and less desirable groceries. As if the residents here deserve any less than equitably fresh tomatoes, yellow ready-ripe bananas, and lettuc...
Blog Action Day: They’re Not That Much Different
14 Oct 2008
11

Blog Action Day: They’re Not That Much Different

by Jose
Tagsblog action day, education, poverty
Following up yesterday’s post, I pretty much sat there, knowing that I had more than my fair share to say about this topic. I can’t tell you how many times people think I exist in a world of pure hyperbole and hallucination when I tell them about the “...
Without Scum, There Are Still Yuppies
09 Oct 2008
2

Without Scum, There Are Still Yuppies

by Jose
Tagsgentrification, nyc, poverty
A short note on yuppies: Yes we get it. Young Urban Professionals. Upward mobility for (mostly) young white people wanting the best of everything. We get it: yuppies are more Wall Street conscious while hipsters are more charity conscious. We get it: they’re often...
I Walked Across an Empty Land, I Knew The Backways Like The Back Of My Hand
14 Aug 2008
4

I Walked Across an Empty Land, I Knew The Backways Like The Back Of My Hand

by Jose
Tagsdominican republic, poverty
This is one of the lost blogs I wrote while I was at Dominican Republic. It was inspired by another Clay Burell post, regarding tourism and its caricatures. Thought I’d post it up tonight in light of the recent immigration post. I also updated a few things here an...
Ojala Que Llueva Cafe En El Campo (Hope That It Rains Coffee In The Field)
22 Jul 2008
16

Ojala Que Llueva Cafe En El Campo (Hope That It Rains Coffee In The Field)

by Jose
Tagsdominican republic, education, family, juan luis guerra, math, poverty
Juan Luis Guerra’s quintessential song is “Ojala Que Llueva Cafe En El Campo,” a song that comes across more as a incantation that the poor and hopefully at the least have coffee somehow fall from the sky to bless them, as if to say that G_d might bles...
The Politics of Access
11 Feb 2008
12

The Politics of Access

by Jose
Tagslife, meme, politics, poverty
All the popular blogs are doing it.From: What Privileges Do You Have? - based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. (If you participate i...
Short Notes: Somewhere In The Middle
20 Jan 2008
11

Short Notes: Somewhere In The Middle

by Jose
Tagsblogs, family, movies, politics, poverty, short notes
A few notes of interest: 1. Yes, I cleaned up around here. Click refresh, and tell me what happens to that header. Do it a good 7 more and you’ll get your wishes granted ;-). 2. The oddest thing happened on Friday. One minute, my Feedburner says I have 83-93 reade...
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