SOCIOL 63 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Tet Offensive, Tracksuit, Chauvinism
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Hollywood: individual hero who solves a problem male centric white-centric violent workers-what workers (no consciousness of workers being exploited) Salt of the earth: solved by collective action women as leaders. Mexican americans with anglos brains working class film. 1968 first 4 month saw inflation at 4. 4% last 6 months inflation of 3. 5% Inflation eats away at purchasing power of money. 9 weeks after, end of jan, forces that did not exist bc america won, actually did exist. Poor got drafted, were angry about being lied to. Vietnam war is expression of being at home. White guy in green tracksuit didn"t have his fist in the air but he had a button pinned to his tracksuit that was being held out by african american athletes about justice. Wore button in solidarity, ended up going to home to not everyone happy with him. When he died, 2 americans flew to australia and attended his funeral.
