If you frequent this here premier “web log,” there’s a good chance you may once or twice have read the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written.
Today\’s is from David Brooks, who in his column today, \”Class Prejudice Resurgent,\” writes:
There has been a migration away from prejudice based on genetics to prejudice based on class.
This is the same bullshit thing racists have been saying for decades: It\’s not race—it\’s class. Bullshit. It\’s race. And it\’s racism. I\’m not saying David Brooks is a racist, but he should be aware that he\’s aping their vernacular and making their point.
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