Blog #12 response to C.P. Ellis

I believe that Ellis would say is just as important as race in determining job placement and occupational mobility.  Even though Ellis was a white man, he was uneducated and very poor which made it almost just as hard for him to maintain a good job or run for a school board position as a black man. An example of his feelings towards this is on page 406: "But I could tell by his handshake he was lyin' to me. This was botherin' me. I know I'm a low-income person. I know I'm not wealthy. I know they were sayin': 'What;s this little ol' dude runnin' for school board?'" It was in these cases that he actually has more support from the black community than the wealthier white folks, despite his past. It was clear that it wasn't enough to be white, you had to have money and connections to win.