Topic: Buffer Class

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51: Civil Wrongs
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51: Civil Wrongs

Killer WASP Analogy, Buffer Classes and Ethnic Assimilation

Mo Facts uses a "Killer WASP" analogy to describe how various ethnic groups like the Irish, Italians, and eventually Hispanics are inducted into "whiteness" to serve as a buffer class. This hierarchy requires these groups to accept the bottom of society remaining at the bottom. The hosts discuss how skin color is used as an easy marker to maintain this clearly defined social structure.