Examples of classism?
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Anonymous
I don't view that example as classist, more out of touch. |
Anonymous
My machine broke a little while ago, and I had to go to the laundromat for a few weeks until the part needed to repair it came in. I was surprised at how much the laundromat process had changed and also surprised at how many people still use it. I had assumed that most apartments had machines inside the units. |
Anonymous
+1! |
Anonymous
I just googled it; 98% of households have washing machines. I agree; it's not classist to assume someone is in the top 98%. |
Anonymous
The two of you don’t even hide your elitism in showing your disdain for “flyover country.” |
Anonymous
| One thing that I experience a lot is that since I was poor I must have been unhappy. We were always very happy. Because we constantly worried about money it was almost a non worry. It was a life constant so it wasn't something that weighed on me anymore than whether it was going to rain or not. Everyone I knew was poor so it was the state I was comfortable with. I remember I passed my old apartment once on the way to a meeting while riding with co workers. I pointed it out and one of them went "that must be very hard for you to see." Umm no it isn't Cheryl...that was my home and I loved it! |
Anonymous
Um, your definition essentially mirrors the post you quoted. Belonging to a particular social class = your perceived wealth or lack thereof Generally speaking, people assess/judge your social class based on how you present/carry yourself (among other things, such as your home, car, job, where you summer, etc.). |
Anonymous
There are plenty of chain restaurants in cities. DC is soon to be the proud owner of two Cheesecake Factories . . . As rents increase, it is getting harder for a lot of independent places to make it and you have more chains coming in. Suburbs obviously have their share of chains, but they also have plenty of independent mom and pop places that could never afford to open in the city. |
Anonymous
Yes that is for the poors |
Anonymous
Don't forget Wawa... |
Anonymous
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I'm trying to figure out the difference between, what?--wealthism?--vs classism. Plus although I can easily imagine the old money vs nouveau riche thing, not sure what it would look like if the classist person wasn't actually wealthy. Plus, I think classism has less to do with overlooking the fact that some people lack resources others take for granted (Wilbur Mills saying the furloughed fed contractors could just take out loans) than some kind of judgment about people perhaps?
Here's one thing, although I grew up working class (poor? not exactly but, say, our house did not have a separate dining room and there were a lot of second hand clothes) I have friend who grew up affluent or fairly (not spectacularly) wealthy. And some of them have siblings who were ne'er do wells when they were in their 20s--unemployed living at home not finishing college for example. Those siblings later became affluent, because they were able to later go back to school using their education trust fund, or went into business for themselves and had tons of connections, or a family friend gave them a good paying job and later the inheritance rolled in. And they seem to have zero consciousness of the fact that had they not had those advantages they'd probably be living in a generic apartment building with thin walls and having to fix their crappy car in the apartment parking lot and getting free or reduced price meals for their kids or not able to keep up on child support and working as a line welder in a place that makes, oh, commercial trailers. Even though they grew up in very socially conscious families. |
Anonymous
Not only that, they cannot fathom their teenage daughter maybe having to clean the bathrooms in the movie theatre she got the part time job at. The Blood of Strangers! |
Anonymous
| I make certain assumptions about, say, undergrad business majors that I fully admit are classist. What can I say. My mother was from the "landed gentry" class in her country (mostly broke but proud of their lineage and very connected) and while I try to judge all people as individuals and recognize that different doesn't mean better, I still notice these things. There are a lot of things I was taught are fine for "other people" but not how we do it. |
Anonymous
Undergrad business majors are objectively morons. |
Anonymous
LOL. I supervise 30-50 of them at the time and it's a hoot. |