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Commenting on the commentary about "Accidental Racist"

April 14, 2013

By Lisa R. Pruitt 

I don't watch TV or follow much pop culture, and most of the country music I occasionally listen to is on old albums by the likes of Sara Evans, Faith Hill, Martina McBride...

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Imploring the Ivy League to Attend to Rural Strivers

March 30, 2013

By Lisa R. Pruitt

One of the most e-mailed items in the New York Times for the past day or so has been Claire Vaye Watkins “The Ivy League Was Another Planet.” (The alternative...

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Elitism and Education (Part IV): Admission Office Bias Against Rural Students?

April 25, 2011

By Lisa R. Pruitt

In a prior post about Thomas Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford’s book, No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal:  Race and Class in...

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Elitism and Education (Part III): Working Class Whites and Elite College Admissions

April 18, 2011

By Lisa R. Pruitt

Parts I and II of this series appeared in August, 2010 here and here.

Ever since Ross Douthat discussed No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College...

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A return to the "culture of poverty," with nary a mention of the rural variety

October 19, 2010

Posted by Lisa R. Pruitt

A headline in today's NYT proclaims, "'Culture of Poverty,' Once an Academic Slur, Makes a Comeback." Journalist Patricia Cohen writes of a new (or...

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