Thursday, December 3, 2009
week 15
i don't think different social classes interact much at all, while people tend to think that at sporting events work place or other major activity's the classes are more mixed, but they really are not. At sport events upper class people have sky boxes or front row seats, while most average Joe people sit in the "nose bleed" section or don't get tickets at all. As one guy said int he movie i thought if i work hard i could accomplish anything, he didn't realize that most wealthy people don't work very hard and still make more money because they where raised that way, wealthy people in a business often own the company or are ceo's or other management positions, and the majority of workers are working at minimum wage or slightly higher. while Americans try to say that we don't have a class system in our nation, they are partly right because people can move up (or down) but for the most part a social class system does exist, the rich make up a small % of our nation and most working people who make very little money are the majority of our country. while people can try to belong to a social class that they are not in, they will eventually be discovered that they don't belong for instance the woman in the movie will most likely not find a husband because he would eventually realize she is of a lower class and break up with her. Social classes do exist in America and they affect our lives more they we think they do.
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it's so sad that some people never interact just because of social class. rich people think theyre too good for the lower class and the lower class think theyre not good enough to interact with the upper class. money shouldn't matter
ReplyDeleteI agree that American has a class system. Money and wealth gives many more opportunities than when you are poor. People treat other people better when they find they have some kind of high status or are related to someone of a high status. Wealthy people have connections and they pass them down to their children. I agree with evelina that its very sad that there is no interaction.
ReplyDeleteI agree, people that are richer think that they're better than the poor. And the poor feel inferior to the rich, so the rich will always have the power. It is very hard to switch class.
ReplyDeleteKyle - nice understanding of social classes. Way to use your sociological imagination!
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. I find it interestin though that at a sporting event ,for example, I dont really notive the difference. After discussing all of this in class, however, I will pay closer attention.
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