Javon Johnson - "cuz he's black"

"The privileged in our society require a class-structured social order in order to maintain and enhance their economic and political well-being.  Industrial profits depend on cheap labor and on a pool of unemployed to keep workers in check.  Real Estate speculators and developers create and depend on slums for tax evading investments" (477)

“[Women] are pushed into military duty due to poverty and lack of other options”

“Some 42% of female veterans say they joined the military because jobs were hard to find, compared with one-quarter of men”

“31% military women are black […] this is almost twice the share of active-duty men who are black (16%)”

Here is a link to our midterm presentation!  Enjoy~

And in case you wanted to see my thought process, here are my notes! :)

I am enjoying Jensen's book so far, especially the parts about language.  When we were asked the first week of class to write about what we thought our class position was, I recall thinking of myself as more working class with some middle class values thrown in.  I cited my parent's jobs, the 'culture' and 'art' that came from my paternal grandmother, and schooling.  I never really thought about language as being a sort of class indicator, at least not in the way that Jensen has articulated.

From page 54 to about page 59