Rich people learn the humanities; you didn\'t.
Originally published in hardcover under the title New American Blues..
The results are nothing short of astonishing.
To test his theory, Shorris creates an experimental school teaching the Humanities to poor people, giving them the means to reflect and negotiate rather than react.
Why are people poor, and why do they stay poor? Shorris argues that they lack politics, or the ability to participate fully in the public world; knowing only the immediacy and oppression of force, the poor remain trapped and isolated.
In this groundbreaking work, Shorris examines the nature of poverty in America today.
I think you\'re the elite.
It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts and Humanities in particular belong to the elite. . . .
Rich people learn the humanities; you didn\'t
