The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot.
I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.
This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.
The world must be all fucked up," he said then, "when men travel first class and literature goes as freight.
If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.
Lots of the cooking classes open to non-professionals are too low-level for experienced foodies, or don't offer enough hands-on training.
Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.
Since my worldview has expanded, I don't consider myself working class anymore, and I'm attracted to playing characters who go through a similar evolution.
Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group.
My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.
By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.
People can't stand it when you deal with issues of race and class, and also sometimes the church, and you give a perspective that flushes out hypocrisy.
I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.
I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again.
Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the energy with which the proletarian struggle of classes is fought.
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
