Description:
In the first comprehensive empirical study of US activist class cultures, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class dynamics in 25 groups that run the gamut of social movement organizations in the United States today.
Brief description: Betsy Leondar-Wright is the Program Director of Class Action (www.classism.org). She is the author of Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists and coauthor of The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide.
Review Quotes:
From fashion sense to senses of humor, Missing Class illustrates the subtle cues in which class disparities manifest within activist groups. In a context where class is sometimes conspicuously missing from our stories, this is a welcome reminder to put it back in.
--Louis Esparza "Mobilization"