Class Identity | Susan Bodnar PhD

Thanksgiving=Diversity Squared

November 25, 2013 by Susan Bodnar

On Thanksgiving do we recognize collaboration between diverse peoples or do we inadvertently celebrate the return of Pilgrims from a successful massacre of over 700 Native Americans? Without a unifying narrative to give shape to our national values, most people will shop instead. Diversity has become an exponential issue generating more anxiety than solutions – […]

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Numbers Don’t Tell The Whole Story

September 13, 2012 by Susan Bodnar

Does being self-reliant mean a person can’t also have needs? Is the success of the wealthy also built upon the working and middle classes? Are those stricken by poverty affected by the more resourced classes? Some thoughts about this at the InAmerica blog at CNN.com.

Filed Under: human interaction, identity, Uncategorized, unemployment Tagged With: behavior during Great Depression, class identity, class struggle, elites and working classes, income disparity, income inequality, rise in poverty 2012, tension between classes, upward mobility