Sex, Class, and Occupy Wall Street « Sasha Said
►http://sashasaid.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/sex-class-and-occupy-wall-street
Which brings me to my first issue with Occupy Wall Street. Who exactly are “the rest of us”? From a branding perspective, the 99% versus the 1% is very appealing. But is it accurate? Clearly not. If your household income is half a million a year, I’d say the system has been working very well for you. You may even be part of the problem if you outsource jobs or pay workers less than a living wage. But you’re still part of the 99%.
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At the same time, “the 99%” has become synonymous with the downtrodden, debt-ridden, and dispossessed.
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No, actually, if you have a low six-figure income, you are the 99%. In fact, if your household income totals $190,000, it could triple and you would still be part of the 99%.
So. Not very useful, is it? The bottom 90%, on the other hand, have an average household income of $31,244, which is probably more like what people have in mind when discussing the economic difficulties experienced by “the 99%.”
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Okay, so maybe the focus is on the top 1% because they’ve been gobbling up a disproportionate share of income and productivity gains and wield a toxic amount of political influence. But then, why stop at the 1% mark (average annual income $1,137,684)? The top 0.1% (average annual income $3,238,386) are even more culpable and the top 0.01% (average annual income $27,342,212) are the most culpable of all.
Cette notion des 99 % est flou mon sentiment aussi... Juste une opposition sémantique au 1 % ( les capitalistes, pour ne pas les nommer).
Ultimately the 99% is more about branding than reality. Which, I suppose, is okay, as long as we don’t forget that there are HUGE differences among the 99% and that we are NOT all in the same boat
une marque en réalité :
Jay-Z, jugé trop vénal, remballe son tee-shirt « Occupy all Streets »
►http://next.liberation.fr/musique/01012371480-jay-z-juge-trop-venal-remballe-son-t-shirt-occupy-all-st
As for the much-discussed demographics of the Occupy movement, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that white dudes with middle class upbringings are disproportionately represented among the “full-time” occupiers. With the exception of those currently unemployed, the working poor are typically too busy working two or three jobs to keep a roof over their head to occupy stuff. If we don’t show up for work, we don’t get paid, and if we don’t get paid, we can’t make the rent. The Occupy movement doesn’t just protest the economic realities in this country, it also reflects them.
sexiste, reflet de la société sans doute, mais dans un texte précédent, j’ai noté la difficulté de l’intégration des noirs dans le mouvement occupy :
Racial Fractures and the Occupy Movement | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
►http://seenthis.net/messages/42354
Earlier this month, organizers took heat for refusing to allow state representative and civil rights legend John Lewis to address the crowd.
Frustrations refoulées malgré l’espoir qu’il semble représenté pour beaucoup, Occupy mouvement te laisse comme un arrière gout de vieux chewing- gum au fond de la gorge.
