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does social class exist in America?

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ZILLA THA GOODFELLA:
for the most part....it doesn't, Like if U walk in a mcdonalds or something, ure not gonna know who's got more money, whos in higher class, who's in the working class etc.

I guess it only exists in the people who rate social class system on an individual's income....

lower class, middle class and upper class is a popular conception that includes 2 theories....the Relational model which suggests classes are real, bounded strata that exist in conflicting relations with one another. And then there's the Distribution model, this portrays American society as essentially classless, one in which class divisions are blurred by virtue of their continuous and uniterrupted nature.

so which one of these models is right?

shit's confusing, please come discuss this y'all, I need to get some insight from others for a class at college.

Lincoln:
I think it's kind of in between being no one caring about class and a more segregational class style. I mean, I'm middle class and I've got no problem talking to anyone rich or poor, but obviously there would be a lot of things we wouldn't have in common.

pappy:

--- Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 08, 2004, 06:41:05 PM ---I think it's kind of in between being no one caring about class and a more segregational class style. I mean, I'm middle class and I've got no problem talking to anyone rich or poor, but obviously there would be a lot of things we wouldn't have in common.

--- End quote ---

I dont kno, from my personal experience.  My family is upper lower class/lower middle class... i have no problem talking to anyone, poor or rich.  its the rich that look down on you.  This is strictly from my personal experience.  You see how racist whites look down on black.  Well thats how even a upper middle class white person looks at a person like me.  They wont even give a person like me a chance.

ZILLA THA GOODFELLA:
^ I know exactly how U feel....

I can get along wit a rich cat, I like talkin 2 em to learn their side of shit....but juss as much as they look down on us, alot of my people hate on them too....won't associate wit em....too hood for their own good.

but why is it in America, U can't spot a rich or poor person....well not at most times anyway, like I kno poor ass muthafucaz drivin 2004 model cars....but they ain't got shit to their name. Why is it in a place like Cuba or some place like that, you'll know right off the bat who's rich and isn't....discuss this u filths.....i got an essay 2 do lol

Don Seer:
^ you're talking about material wealth as the measure of class..

but thats not the only indicator...


you can be upper class.. and be poor as shit ;)

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