The Logic of Stupid Poor People | tressiemc - Slightly misleading title, and hard to summarize, but this essay touches on something important that I've never been able to articulate myself. "Stupid Poor People" should be in quotes to get the point across better. - http://tressiemc.com/2013...
Oct 30, 2013
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"I have about a half dozen other stories like this. What is remarkable is not that this happened. There is empirical evidence that women and people of color are judged by appearances differently and more harshly than are white men. What is remarkable is that these gatekeepers told me the story. They wanted me to know how I had properly signaled that I was not a typical black or a typical woman, two identities that in combination are almost always conflated with being poor."
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)