Forner’s Give Me Liberty: The Reagan Revolution introduced the major ideology of Reaganomics and economic policies which limited intervention of government and regulations in 1960s. It talked about the effects of Reaganomics on different class. We are using the arguments and facts from this reading to discuss how poor people were left behind in obtaining education comparing to middle and upper class, as well as the influence which lead to high tuition fee in nowadays.
Lipsitz’s The Possessive Investment in Whiteness argued the prioritized social status of whiteness and their accumulated advantage throughout the history of white supremacy. It is one of our main point that analyses the reason of maintenance of white supremacy from 1960s to present.
