"Limousine liberal" is a phrase actually coined by segregationist, governor and presidential candidate George Wallace to describe northern liberals who demanded that the Deep South desegregate while their kids went to all-white private schools. It remains a quandry/problem in what is now called Intersectionalism.
"Limousine liberal" is a phrase actually coined by segregationist, governor and presidential candidate George Wallace to describe northern liberals who demanded that the Deep South desegregate while their kids went to all-white private schools. It remains a quandry/problem in what is now called Intersectionalism.
The "movement" it seems, is nearly always led by the children of privilege- how could it be otherwise, as they are, usually, the only ones with the sufficient resources and perspectives to contemplate such sweeping change.
For some reason, this topic makes me think of Fidel Castro's, a revolutionary as well as a baseball pitcher, try-out with the New York Yankees.
I don't believe that is correct. The first time I heard the phrase "Limousine Liberal" it was applied to John Lindsay and the liberal WASP Republicans of NYC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine_liberal], before George Wallace ran for POTUS. The phrase was then picked up and applied in different ways by many a populist, real and faux. While many of the children of "Limousine Liberals," especially in NYC went to private schools, those schools were among the first to institute "affirmative action" admissions.
I'm not sure to which Movements you are referring these days, but the great divide on class issues is now between the children of the haves (with expected inheritances) and the children of the precariate. Working-class movements - as opposed to establish unions - are usually still led by working-class young people.
As for Fidel Castro, more relevant than his baseball career was probably the fact that he was born a bastard to his father's servant (she was to become his 2nd wife) and then sent away as a youth for a Jesuit education.
"Limousine liberal" is a phrase actually coined by segregationist, governor and presidential candidate George Wallace to describe northern liberals who demanded that the Deep South desegregate while their kids went to all-white private schools. It remains a quandry/problem in what is now called Intersectionalism.
The "movement" it seems, is nearly always led by the children of privilege- how could it be otherwise, as they are, usually, the only ones with the sufficient resources and perspectives to contemplate such sweeping change.
For some reason, this topic makes me think of Fidel Castro's, a revolutionary as well as a baseball pitcher, try-out with the New York Yankees.
What if he had made the team?
I don't believe that is correct. The first time I heard the phrase "Limousine Liberal" it was applied to John Lindsay and the liberal WASP Republicans of NYC [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine_liberal], before George Wallace ran for POTUS. The phrase was then picked up and applied in different ways by many a populist, real and faux. While many of the children of "Limousine Liberals," especially in NYC went to private schools, those schools were among the first to institute "affirmative action" admissions.
I'm not sure to which Movements you are referring these days, but the great divide on class issues is now between the children of the haves (with expected inheritances) and the children of the precariate. Working-class movements - as opposed to establish unions - are usually still led by working-class young people.
As for Fidel Castro, more relevant than his baseball career was probably the fact that he was born a bastard to his father's servant (she was to become his 2nd wife) and then sent away as a youth for a Jesuit education.