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  • Truthfully I feel it is the former spiced with a bit of the "upperclass" idea from the breast that Jews are not quite our thing old boy.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • It does not matter whether those are entry models, or advanced ones; the step from a compact to a entry level SLR is far more signifcant than the step from an entry level SLR to a supposedly more "upperclass" one.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • At approximately 12:30 AM on the morning of Saturday, November 12, 2011, an undergraduate student at Williams College called the Campus Safety and Security after seeing written on the wall of an upperclass dormitory in permanent black marker, "All N*****s Must Die."

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

  • In response, a group of students occupied a building on campus and issued a list of demands that included the establishment of a Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, a full-time Queer Life Coordinator staff position, and gender-neutral housing options for upperclass students, amongst others.

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

  • At approximately 12:30 AM on the morning of Saturday, November 12, 2011, an undergraduate student at Williams College called the Campus Safety and Security after seeing written on the wall of an upperclass dormitory in permanent black marker, "All N*****s Must Die."

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

  • In response, a group of students occupied a building on campus and issued a list of demands that included the establishment of a Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, a full-time Queer Life Coordinator staff position, and gender-neutral housing options for upperclass students, amongst others.

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

  • Republicans = All upperclass, white, conservative, pro-gun, anti-choice, anti-science Christians are equal and deserve respect.

    McCain to vote against Sotomayor 2009

  • At approximately 12:30 AM on the morning of Saturday, November 12, 2011, an undergraduate student at Williams College called the Campus Safety and Security after seeing written on the wall of an upperclass dormitory in permanent black marker, "All N*****s Must Die."

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

  • Basically, when one set of principles gets privileged over others, particularly if those standards tend to belong to white, upperclass, etc. people – and then those standards are used to judge others who do not measure up to them, especially if those not meeting said standards tend to be poor and brown – then you have a recipe for disaster.

    whose standards? « Love | Peace | Ohana 2010

  • In response, a group of students occupied a building on campus and issued a list of demands that included the establishment of a Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, a full-time Queer Life Coordinator staff position, and gender-neutral housing options for upperclass students, amongst others.

    Tracey E. Vitchers: Violent Hate Speech Incident at Williams College Tracey E. Vitchers 2011

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