isit likened unto the inter web action or a state of rigid boxes
And do we skate proudly upon the sides of the fence that profits us
staying within the boundaries that is benefiting
what do you believe there is only a tertiary for class
lower middle and higher
or 5 as the prior picture postulates
and these cannot be brought into further dissections
some may boil it down to just the employed and unemployed
how many times have you heard of the insulting phrase
go get a job
where there subjectivity if employment is the fence dividing them
or the phrase
well at least i have a job
but why never would you like a job
how many times have you walked passed the homeless and shooed them by
or branded them liars or drunkards
or concluded its not your problem
but whose problem is it
and what if you become homeless
well that will never happen to you
right
what about hurricane katrina
or the tsunami in asia and the earthquake in haiti
oh you are safe because you are not near prone areas for acts of god
what about flooding
that can happen anywhere
i was out last week and was quite hungry
and upon approaching this church
i perceived a white van
with a group in matching jackets handing out food
to what i presumed to be the homeless
i wanted to go and get some food
i was hungry
but did not because i was reminded it was not my place
but why was it
was it because i had money in my pocket some of these homeless guys must have
from busking or whatever
and it was not pride
but more of my sense of class
but that is just one dissection
what about one driven by the economical
which is shown through accent apparel and apartments
through this we consciously and unconsciously put people on their sides of the fence
and the saying that you can't buy class
such as economical stance does not change
the traits garnered from class like preference or affiliation
one of the highlighted places is the arena of hip hop
rich persons still affiliating or verbally painting visualisations of the vicissitudes
coined rags to riches
you see the general view of class when you look at a work place
for this example we will use the retail arena
where you have workers
team leaders
assistant managers
managers
area managers
regional managers and so on
then you have the apparels of class
workers and area managers do not wear the same clothing
whilst in their station
and whereas one wears the clothes of their class
but going down in perspective they don't change their clothes to fit in
example if a president went to meet so called blue collar workers
but going up apparel and presentation are moderated accordingly
such as the working class will modify their clothing and presentation
such as removing piercing and covering tattoos
with regards to the profession
if they went to an award show or to meet the ruling class
they would buy
borrow or rent clothing suitable to the class
and if they came in their own apparel
made to feel out of place
or labelled as being without class
laughably no class because they didn't drop their class to fit in with another
this idea is based upon classes being solely above another such as better or higher
Which brings to mind how often do classes mingle
You then get the conceptual divide of class
where one could be in the same
intellectual class but not the same economical class
shown in university
with some there via scholarship and others by parental funds
and the insults that could ensue would be on the nature of their economical stance
some put it simplistically as intelligent and unintelligent
you have heard the insulting verbiage uneducated or ignorance
then nerds and geeks
to the effect in a house hold of a nuclear family
there can be varying intelligence
and others look down upon the ones on the less beneficiary side of the fence
so i asked at the beginning if we do we skate proudly upon the sides of the fence that profits us
staying within the boundaries that is benefiting
but now i ask do we extend to those on the other side of the fences we erect
bringing them closer
or at least begin building bridges helping others to our realms of
privilege
instead of building walls and moats
This article was influenced by an album title
and television program the names are
the talented tenth based on dubois work
and how racist are you a program shown on channel four
a brief overview of the two
the talented tenth is primarily centered upon the african diaspora situation
but can be a model for many institutes
about how the talented tenth of the communities
should use their talents
for the betterment of their communities
Then how racist are you
was about a woman who is attempting
to show individuals of the white race
about their sense of benefit
and how so called minorities may feel
via an experiment
I would like us all to go away and think of the area we are privileged
in and how might we bridge the gap with those who are not so
i would love to hear your examples you can hit me up on twitter
rebelreasoner
Thanks for tuning in once again
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