Thursday, October 11, 2012

Social Class Stereotypes Are True

Social classes carry many things with them, such as groups of people first impressions, and stereotypes. For example, when you see people from the lower classes of people like hobos, the first thought that everyone has is, "Wow that guy is probably a thief that gets drunk all the time." And for the most part this is true. Most people of hobo origin have many problems with them. Whether it is a drinking problem, mental issue, or financial trouble there is something that went wrong in their lives. In my case I'm apart of the Mexican-American social class, so in stereotypes I am poor and live a life of cheap entertainment. For the most part this is most definitely true. I am in a little financial trouble but I'm good and as far as cheap entertainment goes, in my childhood this was true always. To me, base on my personal experience, I felt that there was always some social class that was better than mine. And that was true, the higher class of people! (Duh!) The stereotypes include that people of a higher class have tons of money, and great entertainment opportunities. And like the other classes these for the most part are true. So in summary, class stereotypes can hold true for most people and there are always social classes that are better than the one you are in as of right now.

5 comments:

  1. I always have felt the same and other social classes are higher/better than me. Do you think it's wrong how people do this?

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  2. I always have felt the same and other social classes are higher/better than me. Do you think it's wrong how people do this?

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    1. @Maria Please elaborate on what you meant by "how people do this."

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  3. Same here! I've always felt that there was a higher class, a class that i was not a prat of. Also i never thought of the hobo example. It is true that most of them are experiencing financial troubles and all but never did it occur to me and think that most of them do have mental issues or drinking problems. Great Job over all!

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