Believe Quote by Dorothy Allison

The whole class system has oppressed so many people and given them such lack of opportunity. They are fed such strong narratives that this…

— Zoya Akhtar

I fully feel like racism, homophobia, and transphobia are all rooted in classism. If you don't know what it was like to grow up…

— Ethel Cain

Hitherto, every form of society has been based ... on the antagonism of oppressing and oppressed classes.

— Karl Marx

Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how…

— Michael Eric Dyson

“The language of caste may well seem foreign or unfamiliar to some. Public discussions about racial caste in America are relatively rare. We avoid…

— Michelle Alexander

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.

— Oscar Wilde

Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,…

— Bell Hooks

If you have an economic system in which there must be a lower class, there must be unemployed. There must be a large pool…

— Howard Zinn

We live in a very classist society, and it's sad and depressing.

— Shenaz Treasury

Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident, and it can handle whatever comes along. Class has a sense of humor. It knows…

— Nate

Thousands are the children of poor foreigners who have permitted them to grow up without school, education, or religion. All the neglect and bad…

— Charles Loring Brace