History as a Weapon: The Question of Class, by Dorothy Allison

 
Source: Berry College

Many years ago, when I first began teaching writing, I had the opportunity to design an introductory writing (essay) course, in which we read and discussed theory and criticism as well as original creative works. I thought for a long time about what I might do. I had done similar courses in the [...]

Ebony and Irony

White Trash Blues: Class Privilege vs. White Privilege

Jennifer Kesler has some good points in this post from the blog Blind Privilege (see below for her comments indented after mine), and the comment stream is worth reading as well. I don’t necessarily believe everything she believes, but a lot of it rang true for me. I [...]