Comments on: Gentrification And The Upper-Class Cultural Bubble http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/03/gentrification-and-the-upper-class-cultural-bubble/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Weiwen Ng http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/03/gentrification-and-the-upper-class-cultural-bubble/#comment-1522 Weiwen Ng Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=14755#comment-1522 My main problem with Murray's book is that he is trying to use some sociological arguments to obfuscate the well-recognized fact that income inequality is growing. In my view, cultural stratification is a symptom of income and wealth inequality. And I'm a sociology major.  That said, he has a point, and as far as his scale goes, I think qualification to that question is correct. When I lived in a lower-income neighborhood, I didn't really mix a lot with the other residents. So, still in a bubble. My main problem with Murray’s book is that he is trying to use some sociological arguments to obfuscate the well-recognized fact that income inequality is growing. In my view, cultural stratification is a symptom of income and wealth inequality. And I’m a sociology major. 

That said, he has a point, and as far as his scale goes, I think qualification to that question is correct. When I lived in a lower-income neighborhood, I didn’t really mix a lot with the other residents. So, still in a bubble.

]]> By: Janem112 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/03/gentrification-and-the-upper-class-cultural-bubble/#comment-1484 Janem112 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:17:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=14755#comment-1484 I scored 21 which puts me at the top of Murray's bubble or the bottom or whatever. What nonsense. Murray doesn't know enough about real life to devise a valid quiz. I bought 37 acres on a barrier, bridgeless island, worked with boatmen, forklift driverss, pols, construction wsorkers and brought out electric power, slept in makesshift tents, and built a remarkable community.  The fact that nothing hurt at the end of the day is the most irrelevant fact ican imagine. no Idon't eat at Dennys butIeataall the time at Crackerbarrel, a place Murray may neverhave heard of. I watch sports on TV, not American Idol.  The  fact that Murray thinks this is a good quiz tells us more about him than us. I scored 21 which puts me at the top of Murray’s bubble or the bottom or whatever. What nonsense. Murray doesn’t know enough about real life to devise a valid quiz. I bought 37 acres on a barrier, bridgeless island, worked with boatmen, forklift driverss, pols, construction wsorkers and brought out electric power, slept in makesshift tents, and built a remarkable community.  The fact that nothing hurt at the end of the day is the most irrelevant fact ican imagine. no Idon’t eat at Dennys butIeataall the time at Crackerbarrel, a place Murray may neverhave heard of. I watch sports on TV, not American Idol.  The  fact that Murray thinks this is a good quiz tells us more about him than us.

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