Post #4

The book Outcasts United by Warren St. John deals with lower class refugees from other countries who settle in the town of Clarkston, Georgia with a specific focus on a soccer team made of refugee boys. The things the soccer players deal with mirrors what the other refugees have to deal with in their everyday life. The refugees and the other residents of Clarkston are very different in ethnicity, language, customs, financial status, and social class and often have difficulty interacting with one another. In order to accurately talk about how this book makes an argument about class, I will need to look into the class structure of Clarkston and other details about the town. The book indicates that most residents of Clarkston were better off than the refugees, but it doesn’t indicate whether they are mostly middle class or upper class, or what races and ages it is mostly made up of. I also need to know things about the size, population, and culture of the town. This may help to reveal why Clarkston was such a popular place for refugees. It would be interesting to know how much the refugees’ financial status played into their treatment and how much was differences in ethnicity and language. Regardless of which plays a bigger part, the interactions between the refugees and other residents is still an example of social class warfare.