11.30.2008
Breaking down stereotypes and class divisions, is it possible?
Though most American's seem to take pride in the equality they feel the United States of America exhibits but, in reality our inequality has just shifted from being racially focused to now financially focused. I think that class stereotypes and prejudices are still acceptable in America today because it is a way in which people can feel more powerful and better than others. Any of the various terms to describe either poverty, climb to wealth, wealth) have negative connotations (ie: ghetto, white trash, social climber, yuppie, etc.). If racial slurs are not acceptable why are social slurs ok? Is it because social class is more gray than black or white- social class is more perception based than race?
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Well, I think Americans don't like the idea of class and so they don't want to acknowledge that it exists in American society and how powerful the class forces are. So if you do not acknowledge it's existence, then it is easier to use flippantly.
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