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politico:
the underlying problem is class stratification and how it plays out in the states.
this history of class warfare (reproduction of a class system is in itself a form of class warfare) is intertwined with the history of racism in america--the two are not identical obviously--i already outlined where i think aa falls within this general scenario.
addressing the effects of these intertwined histories runs into an immediate and seemingly insurmountable problem: those who benefit from that class structure are reluctant to even consider parting with the privileges that accrue to them because of their position.
the proposal to revamp how education is funded seems a reasonable first step to address systematic inequalities of educational opportunities.
aa is a necessarily partial attempt to address these same problems, but it obviously does not go far enough because it simply compensates for uneven distribution of educational capital rather than working to dissolve that unevenness.
i think it a not unreasonable proposal--though i have no illusions about its chances for being implemented.
in response to it, there was yet another facile dismissal from ustwo,
who reduced the proposal to the usual reactionary cliche substitute "throwing money at it"....
if you actually read ustwo's post, politico, and then try to figure out what positions it leaves open for conversation, then i think you will understand why my post is as it is. if you do not choose to work out that kind of thing, there is nothing to be done--but in this case the "false trichotomy" you impute to me seems to follow from nothing other than your truncated view of context.
it seems to me that you are politically not that far from ustwo, and so would perhaps be inclined to see his post otherwise. that too is your choice--but do not pretend that you are making a logical critique when you are in fact making a political one.
in case somehow, things are still not clear to you, i'll spell it out another way:
given the premises of conversative discourse about aa--which complains about effects and says nothing--ever--coherent about causes (vouchers/private schools in no address)...the right seems to see in the existing capitalist order an unqualified good and works from a moralizing understanding of stratification. so that discourse opens no coherent ways to address cause.
if you are complaining about aa and offering no alternatives, then your position logically drifts toward a naturalization of class divisions.
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