class in the US myth of the class less US everyone is middle class A lot of people in US think we don t have a lot of issues in US Everyone thinks they are in the middle class Hegemony national myths we are all middle class Take someone famous presidents and think would they have reached where they are easily if they didn t have rich parents blaming the victim Ex NYT started with 3 people who had heart attacks a maid who didn t speak English and didn t have health care no hospital helped her until one hospital did another one who have middle class treated decently 3rd person Rich man was treated quickly and had no damage A lot of people who are poor don t finish college We look at poor people and we tend to look at what is wrong with them We blame other people for being rich and famous We think the upper class are the normal people
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