Thursday, January 27, 2011
Elitist Protesters
Just wondering–why do you guys think that the wealthier students at elite universities led the student protest movements? Professor Aberbach mentioned a while ago that these were the students that could most readily avoid the draft. Why was it that those more affected by the war didn't protest as prominently? Was it the level of education and awareness? Was it the fact that those who enlisted didn't have that many better options to choose from? I think it was a combination of both, but maybe there was something else...
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I think it was that the wealthier students had less to lose. They are the ones that could afford to drop out of college, or mess with their lives a little more, to protest because at the end of the day they knew that their parents would be there to support them financially. Those who weren't as well-endowed could not risk getting kicked out of school, or could not risk not showing up for their jobs. I
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