Examples of classism?
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Anonymous
You mean “pre-war” |
Anonymous
LOL, no, pretty sure when meant postwar. https://www.renthop.com/qa/nyc/whats-the-difference-between-a-prewar-and-postwar-apartment |
Anonymous
| Something like 80% of Americans have cell phones and 85% of Americans have washers. Just because a segment of people of whom you aware do not doesn’t make it the average experience. |
Anonymous
LOL! A prewar apartment building is less likely to have laundry and other amenities vs a postwar one 
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Anonymous
Calling people "pearl clutchers" is a fine example of classism. |
Anonymous
| I think strivers worry about class a lot. We see it here all of the time, people trying to figure out the best place to live, car to drive, vacations to take, clothes and makeup and hair to give them a patina of "class" |
Anonymous
| Does no one know what “classist” means? This is not a thread about trying to have class or being classy. |
Anonymous
I feel like you don't really understand what classism means. |
Anonymous
Lots of people, including myself, in that bottom 2%! |
Anonymous
Oh who cares, it’s a stupid example of classism. |
Anonymous
DCUM users are largely affluent, a mix of urban and suburban from what I understand. Many from outside DC area. I’m assuming most visitors have washing machines. No one is going to someone in a poor neighborhood and saying, flippantly, “ah, just throw it in your washing machine!” Using the word “ostensibly” strikes me as more snobby than referencing a washing machine. I happen to like language, and so it doesn’t bother me, but since you seem to have such a ridiculously broad view on ‘classism’..... |
Anonymous
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Examples of classist behavior would be looking down on people who do not speak grammatically correct English. Also judging people who are not well read in the classics , etc.
I don't think it has a lot to due with wealth. I think it is more about education and culture. |
Anonymous
The definition of classism is prejudice against or in favor of people belonging to a particular social class and prejudice or discrimination against someone based on class. Calling people "pearl clutchers" most certainly is a form of classism by someone in a lower class against what that person perceives as a higher class. Members of a lower class can exhibit classism as much as people in a higher social class. |
Anonymous
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Assuming the wealthy are boring, can’t dress, and don’t know how to have fun.
Assuming education is stupid. Assuming real skills are about knowing how to change oil, rotate tires, and install wood flooring. Assuming wealthy people are all white, depressed, and unhappy. |
Anonymous
The travel forum in DCUM is classist AF. |