Anyone else culturally rich but asset-poor?

[Anonymous]

I find myself constantly feeling like this describes me.

[Anonymous]

Where I grew up we call this "champagne tastes and beer budget"

[Anonymous]

So, basically, you are poor.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Georgetown professor here.

[Anonymous]

Culturally rich as in connected to your heritage? Or like, playdates on the mall?

Either way, finding aspects of your life that are going well according to your metrics is a healthy way to deal with any feelings of insecurity or jealousy w/r/t other people having more money.

[Anonymous]

Well that is a HIGHLY subjective opinion, my dear.

It's almost as if you're looking for excuses to your lack of wealth. Please accept that low income families can have rich cultural lives and backgrounds, as well as education and generational lore. Being average or below average in wealth should not be a source of shame or guilt. Be proud of who you are - you don't need to add that you are culturally rich.

[Anonymous]

I don't even know WTF this means. You like expensive stuff but don't have money to afford it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where I grew up we call this "champagne tastes and beer budget"

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I click here to find out what is culturally rich.

[Anonymous]

Culturally rich as in knowledge of your culture? Rich here means money.

[Anonymous]

I thought it meant highly educated and well-traveled, knowledgeable about the arts, but not wealthy. I think this describes a lot of people in academia, particularly in the humanities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it meant highly educated and well-traveled, knowledgeable about the arts, but not wealthy. I think this describes a lot of people in academia, particularly in the humanities.

+1. It's what Bourdieu called cultural capital, as distinct from actual capital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it meant highly educated and well-traveled, knowledgeable about the arts, but not wealthy. I think this describes a lot of people in academia, particularly in the humanities.

+1

[Anonymous]

Culturally rich in White people speak means they read books, admire stolen artifacts and rewritten histories in museums, stare at art locked behind glass in galleries, and consider themselves ‘civilized’.

It’s not culture as POC would define it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Culturally rich in White people speak means they read books, admire stolen artifacts and rewritten histories in museums, stare at art locked behind glass in galleries, and consider themselves ‘civilized’.

It’s not culture as POC would define it.

Ah yes, white people are all culturally barren, but POC are all culturally rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Culturally rich in White people speak means they read books, admire stolen artifacts and rewritten histories in museums, stare at art locked behind glass in galleries, and consider themselves ‘civilized’.

It’s not culture as POC would define it.

Why do you have to make every thread about race?