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1. Capital Inequalities Veblen, Bourdieu, and the Weight of a Word

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Cultural capital -- Analysis, Symbolic boundaries -- Analysis, Equality -- Analysis, Social scientists -- Criticism and interpretation, Humanities, Social sciences
Abstract

Most parents are keen to confer advantages on their children. Yet wealthy parents are particularly committed to doing so. It is not that they are a different breed. They just [...]

Published
2021

2. Legacy Admissions Don't Work the Way You Think They Do

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Social networks, College admissions, Pressure groups, General interest
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan Just four days after the Supreme Court rejected racial preferences in college admissions, a consortium of Black and Latino interest groups filed a complaint against Harvard concerning [...]

Published
2023

3. The Unbearable Deafness of Power: A story of rape in a world of privilege

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Law firms, Rape, Deafness, Business, general
Abstract

NOTES ON A SILENCING: A MEMOIR BY LACY CRAWFORD Little, Brown 'Basically,' my father said, his voice rasping, 'they're promising to destroy you.' Lacy Crawford's father was not wrong. In [...]

Published
2020

4. Rich people will cut the line for the coronavirus vaccine

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Rich -- Purchasing, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan When Rudy Giuliani tested positive for the coronavirus, he didn't want to go to the hospital. He figured that, despite his 76 years, he'd be fine. But [...]

Published
2020

5. Campus sexual assault is a racial justice issue, too

Author

Hirsch, Jennifer S. and Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Race discrimination -- Evaluation, Sexual abuse -- Evaluation -- Demographic aspects, School violence -- Evaluation -- Demographic aspects, College students, Justice, Violence, Sex crimes, Sexuality, Hate crimes, Racial violence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan Carl was a senior at Columbia University when he sat down to talk with us about his life. We were interviewing him to [...]

Published
2020

6. Preventing campus sexual assault isn't just about sex. It's also about race

Author

Hirsch, Jennifer S. and Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Racism -- Forecasts and trends -- Ethical aspects, Universities and colleges -- Laws, regulations and rules -- United States, Sex crimes -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Control, College environment -- Management, College students, Violence, Sexuality, Sexual abuse, Government regulation, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Jennifer S. Hirsch;Shamus Khan Carl was a senior at Columbia University when he sat down to talk with us about his life. We were interviewing him to better understand [...]

Published
2020

7. The college admissions game is rigged. Arresting cheaters won't change that

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Cases, College admissions -- Cases, Cheating -- Cases, Bribery -- Cases, Consultants (Persons) -- Cases, High schools, Immigrants, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan When I was in the ninth grade, I applied to boarding schools. The applications required that I take the SSAT, a version of the SAT for high [...]

Published
2019

8. How to weasel your kid into an elite college without paying bribes

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
School admissions -- Ethical aspects -- Social aspects, Bribery -- Ethical aspects -- Social aspects, Universities and colleges -- Management -- Ethical aspects -- United States, Meritocracy -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Ethical aspects, High schools, Immigrants, Parenting, Company business management, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan When I was in the ninth grade, I applied to boarding schools. The applications required that I take the SSAT, a version of the SAT for high [...]

Published
2019

9. The college admissions game is rigged. Arresting cheaters won't change that

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
College admissions, Scandals -- Investigations, High schools, Immigrants, Company legal issue, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan When I was in the ninth grade, I applied to boarding schools. The applications required that I take the SSAT, a version of the SAT for high [...]

Published
2019

10. Kavanaugh is lying. His upbringing explains why

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Sexual abuse -- Investigations, Judicial candidates -- Behavior -- Evaluation, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan Brett Kavanaugh may not be telling the whole truth. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [...]

Published
2018

11. Kavanaugh is lying. His upbringing explains why

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees, Judicial candidates -- Evaluation, Confirmation hearings, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Shamus Khan Brett Kavanaugh is not telling the whole truth. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [...]

Published
2018

12. Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape (Nonfiction work) -- Johnston, Josee -- Baumann, Shyon -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Psychology and mental health, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape By Josee Johnston and Shyon Baumann Routledge. 2009. 258 pages. $31.95 paper. The snobs of yesterday are the omnivores of today. I [...]

Published
2010

13. We are not all in this together

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Income distribution -- History -- Political aspects -- Management, Americans -- Economic aspects, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Rising income inequality troubles Americans. Some of us worry that the fate of the many has become divorced from the fortunes of the few. Others are concerned that the government [...]

Published
2013

14. The New Elitists

Author

Khan, Shamus

Subjects
Elite (Social sciences) -- Behavior -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

YOU can tell a lot about people by looking at their music collections. Some have narrow tastes, mostly owning single genres like rap or heavy metal. Others are far more [...]

Published
2012

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