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Nickeled and Dimedbrought out the same attitudes that minorities have faced in this country since its inception. One reads a book or "lives" the life for a weekend and suddenly one understands the problems that face all minorities. I don't think walking in another's shoes really gives one the full effect of being poor. The author always had an "out" which made the experiment invalid from the start. There is no "out" for being poor or black. One has to live in that condition everyday. It is nice to say one understands but one can only imagine. There can be no test or set of conditions that can truly allow you to feel the pain or humiliation. In order to understand these emotions, one has to live the emotions.

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John,
You could not be more right about the author having a way out and the experiment being null and void. My hope is that Ehrenreich doesn’t go around bragging about how she rubbed elbows with the poor while working for minimum wage. Who does she think she is? Ben brought up a good point that wasn’t mention to the entire class. To paraphrase, he said that she was taking a position from a worker who could have really used that job and money. She is tampering with their opportunity to make a living just for her experiment.

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Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:30 pm
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