Class and Culture

What is class? Google defines it as the system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status. So class is how we see people. There are upper-class, middle-class and lower-class. Upper class live on the hill in big mansions, with pools, fancy cars, and there pink poodle. Meanwhile lower class is having top roman for dinner every night looking up at the lights coming from the mansions above. Is this really what is happening. No of course not. This is a classic case of stereotyping. An example of this can be seen in this example. A man goes to Wal-Mart dresses in sweet paints and a shirt that has been stained. Will in the checkout line a nice lady behind him offers to pay for his groceries. Once back out in the car he tells his wife about the experience. She tells him that he needs to start to dress up better. The man was equally rich in the upper-class, but he dresses lower-class because that what he liked to ware. So it’s not always accurate when people just place a person in a class based on how they look.

What is culture? Culture is what we are on the inside, it also describes a group. Groups can be all the way for your ethnicity, to a family. Culture is also not a set thing. An example is a family moving from Mexico into the United States. Usually the father goes first, to make money so that he can bring his family over. They only except to be gone from his family for six months or less. In reality it takes three years on average because he can bring them over. By the time they are all back together the culture has changed. While he was gone the mother and children grow closer. She had to work and the older children as well to survive will the father was away. This causes a gap in the relationship. The order and roles that the family members once played have changed now. The culture has changes. Not all cultures change easily though. If you live your entire life in a traditional African village then your culture will probably not change. Culture is not only effect by were you come from, but by the people you meet, and the environment that you live in.

So in short class is what people see you as, and isn’t always right. Culture is what we are; it shapes us from the inside out. If you have any questions please leave a comment and I will try my best to answer it.