What impacted that have on you . Ms. Isenberg she was a very unusual person. She came to the university of wisconsin. She had to create a space for us in History Program and that she was someone who was very aware not only of gender and class and racial issues in all the things she wrote about but i think she imparted to me that you also have to understand the politics of academia and the way in which politics in general, we like to believe in america that we are free agents and we are able to sort of carver own destiny, part of our carve our own destiny part of her own destiny, but we do not always good to make the decisions that we want to. She wanted to think about the larger ways culture, politics, the law shaped the way people think even though they might not be aware of it, but to take that into account in do not just take things as given. Challenge them. See if it is really true. That is something that has really motivated me throughout my career, even when you read good history
You said she had a way of demystifying ideologies. What impact did that have on you . Ms. Isenberg she was a very unusual person. She came to the university of wisconsin to set up the womens History Program. She had to create a space for us in the History Program and she was someone who was very aware not only of gender and class and racial issues and all the things she wrote about, but i think she imparted to me that you also have to understand the politics of academia and the way in which politics in general, we like to believe in america that we are free agents and we are able to sort of carve our own destiny, part of her own destiny, but we do not always good to make the decisions that we want to. She wanted to think about the larger ways culture, politics, the law shaped the way people think even though they might not be aware of it, but to take that into account in do not just take things as given. Challenge them. See if it is really true. That is something that has really motiva
I think people are curious about it and that is why i wanted to write the book. I think people throw around that word without really knowing where it comes from. When i began to do more and more research, and as you know, i talk a lot about british colonization, which is not what people have never really paid attention to in talking about white trash. Most people start in the antebellum south. I found an older history and i thought it was important to Pay Attention to language. I talk about all of the vocabulary because i think we miss something about how people think about poverty if we do not understand the language and what those words mean. Brian we have all of those words available to put on the screen, which we will do now, and there are lots of them, white trash, offscourings, lubbers, crackers, clay eaters. Where did those terms come from . Nancy this is what is so curious. You will find each generation changing the vocabulary. The term i paid a lot of attention to is waste peo
Morgan hill through gilroy. Tapering off here. Sliding into the range. We watch as snow has fallen over the range. Maybe over Mount Hamilton this morning. But beginning to wind down there as well. Into the county area, youre going to find the snow levels all the way down to about a thousand feet. But again, were drying out this morning. Temperatures in the 30s and host. As we get into the afternoon, were partly cloudy. Low to mid 50s in the forecast for the afternoon. Ill detail those numbers for you coming up in just a little bit. Lets check those roadways with sal. Good morning, sal. Good morning, rosemary. Right now, traffic is doing very well. If you are driving around, i think youll be happy to know that a lot of people have this week off. In fact, a lot of people maybe theyre taunting me. You know what . I am taking a little trip to disney land this week. Must be nice to be you. But anyway, theyre not going to work. Westbound as you come up to the pay gates, its a light commute.
Woman whipping up peck lpickle and peanut butt sandwiches. See the secret her husbands about to reveal. And babys about to try a new food but will she like it . What it is that shes not digging. Oh, terrible. When a skunk has its head stuck in a cup, who do you call . Animal control . Not in west haven, connecticut, you call jll animal control. That would be jeremy lorenti and his buddy matt. They noticed this little skunk in the treat and they didnt want to run him over. Were in traffic and theres a skunk with a cup on his head. Hes spinning in circles. I dont know what to do. Oh, he does have his little head stuck in a cup and hes walking in circles. I feel horrible for him. I feel horrible for the skunk, but do you know whats pretty amazing, somebody actually, another car does come by and that other car does run over the skunk. No but watch what happens. No, no, oh, no, no. Ahh whoa that is one lucky skunk. Yeah. Whoa but its not like you can walk up to it, grab it and, you know, ta