Word: underclass
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...according to Studs Terkel and the dissonant multiracial chorus in his newest book, Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession (New Press; 403 pages; $24.95). Even the liberal whites in its pages admit to deepening fears and animosity toward the growing urban black underclass. Most of the blacks who talked into Terkel's tape recorder do not think they will ever be five-fifths American. Joseph Lattimore, 50, a Chicago insurance broker, describes himself as typical. "Being black in America is like being forced to wear ill-fitting shoes," he says. "Some people can bear...
Team depth is a lot like fire, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Going into the final weekend the Crimson has four solid underclass forwards (Carter, Condakes, junior Arturo Llopis and Rullman) vying for playing time...
...values" for oat-based cereals and heterosexuality. When those on the political right first test-ran middle class as a conservative poster child, all they really seemed to mean by it was "normal," a code for white and not poor -- anyone else being a member of the supposedly profligate underclass that was dragging our nation down. Even when uttered by Democrats, middle class often sounds like a mealymouthed way of saying, "Us, and not them," where them includes poor people, snake handlers and those with pierced tongues...
Despite the spare plot, Sweetback has a lot to say. Under a veneer of sex and violence, Van Peebles is telling the story of an alienated Black underclass...
Still, Harvard did play well. Stickles and the rest of her underclass defensive corps (sophomore Francie Walton and freshman Diana Clark, Winkie Mleczko and Villiotte) were sharp. The offense was also quite active, forcing Presbrey to make 31 saves on the night. Senior Jen Minkus was aggressive as usual while the trio of Simonds, Whyte and sophomore Joey Alissi created many opportunities...