Sentences with phrase «social class roots»

Even though inequality has lately come to the fore as a public issue, two widely held American beliefs persist — first, that the U.S. is largely a classless society and, second, that people shed or discard the vestiges of their social class roots when they achieve upward mobility.

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But the roots of caste can be traced back to a story in the most ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, in which the various social classes are produced from the sacrifice of a primordial man — the priestly class from the mouth, the warrior class from the arms, the merchant class from the thighs, the laboring class from the feet (Rig Veda 90:10).

He would like to see liberation theology take its cues from base communities» populist «grass - roots communitarian democracy» and then extend this «populism» into a liberalism that, contra Marx, offers «democracy and equality to all human beings, regardless of sex, race or social class (Rousseau)» Sigmund's agenda would purge liberation theology of much of its «early revolutionary fervor,» but in its dialogue with liberalism it would still perform «a radical «prophetic» role in reminding complacent elites of the religious obligation of social solidarity, and in combating oppression.»

Stricherz, one gathers, would be comfortable in a Democratic party that returned to its working - class roots and its economic focus but that made a place for social conservatives.

These are deep - rooted and historic social issues immanent within trajectories of class and immigrant cultures that society must seek to address.

If he genuinely wants to return to when Labour was a mass party with substantial roots in working class communities, he needs to recognise that this situation existed primarily because Labour was then a social democratic party which aimed to reform the capitalist system.

Williams» critique of social issues, are (or were) also strongly rooted in her analysis of race and class; spiritual activism for her is deeply radical.

Fritch's generation of teachers has few historical roots with the labor movement, yet they speak of social justice and daily serve kids from working - class families.

Because young people in cities have serious issues and problems in their faces everyday, and many of those problems have implications for social justice — such as race, class, and power — we try to have students and teachers together explore the root causes of problems.

I pay particular attention to their politics on race, class, inequality, and social change as we interrogated local challenges through a curriculum that explicitly framed inequality as structurally rooted.

This is a type of poverty that Johnson could not foresee: a decline in blue - collar jobs, rooted in global trends, requiring workers to gain skills that schools could not reliably impart, leaving whole communities economically depressed and isolated, while many children were deprived of economically stable and supportive two - parent families, leading to dangerously stalled social mobility and creating divisions of class that are inconsistent with the American ideal.

Many of these issues of limited mobility were rooted in social class.

That wealth of content continues with Call of Duty: WWII, which features a historically - focused campaign, a zombie mode designed to puzzle and scare, and classic multiplayer combat rooted in class - based playstyles and a brand new social hub.

Carmichael argues that the continued oppression of African Americans is rooted in economic and educational inequality, while de Falla's opera serves as a cautionary tale about the polarizing social implications of class distinctions.

It roots deep in a social history that was shaped by questions of race, gender, class and economic interests.