Race Gender And Class In US Politics Analysis

In review of the 2006 republished review article titled “Race, Gender, and Class in U.S. Politics” about a controversial book written by Walter Benn Michaels on inequality that opened the doors and opinions about what is or is not social and economic inequality. The analogy given by Michaels is the book is based off the setting and circumstances of the Democratic Party potential nominations of both a black man and a white woman. Following this further, the article quickly alludes to the issues that stem from the causes of sexism and racial inequality. According to Michaels, the major issues of the 2008 Democratic nomination platforms both promise Americans that they will not harm the middleclass by raising taxes and that this will somehow resolve social and economic class difference. Moreover, until the root of the race and gender
Michaels’ believed that only a true neo-laborism government and society could deliver this to the country. The article supports Michaels belief and discusses benchmark statistics that do not show an increase, but a decrease of economic and social classes dating back to the “height of Jim Crow [laws]”. (Michaels, 236) The article provides statics that prove that the poverty level is not the issue, but the rich getting richer is. When the elite of American society is controlling over half of the nation’s wealth, Americans should be alarmed themselves and this article tries to provide a warning or to serve as an educational piece to those who might actually be interested in their social and economic standing. The article has even discussed the educational aspect of the issues as well. Without education, the population stays ignorant and unable to find the way to upper level educational opportunities. Getting into Harvard and Yale are not what part of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 is completely about. (Michaels, 237) Michaels has quoted Dr. Martin Luther King in the article as having knowledge of the real issues of