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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
I know you weren't talking to me, but I can tell you that the Seattle protest has plenty of men, women, white, Black, Asian, white collar, blue collar, business owners, old, middle aged, yuppies, teens, families, urban dwellers, suburbanites, homeless and every other type of person you could think of. Except Amish...I haven't seen any Amish.
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Thank you but I only asked about race and ethnicity and was specifically curious about Occupy Chicago since she mentioned "ages, genders and socio-economic statuses." Although race and socioeconomic status are highly correlated, race and ethnicity tend to be more physically identifiable than socioeconomic status.
I know you don't mean any harm but there is something embedded when people ask about race and ethnicity and the response is "everyone was there...everyone...and everything...maybe even unicorns pissing rainbows!"
And of course "plenty" is subjective regardless of which group of people. My concept of "plenty" (and diversity, in general) may differ from yours. The diversity of the people at all of these protests will mirror what is going on in these cities. This presumed unity across group status sounds wonderful but it is not happening at the level that people assume that it is. There was thankfully more diversity at today's MLK Dedication than will be found in some cities' protests.
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