Social Class

We continued to talk about social class this week. We watched this movie that showed people from all social classes. The people who were at the bottom, and just accepted they were at the bottom and didn't even care to get rich. Those people actually were really content with their lives, and loved it. They grew up being poor, and were comfortable with their lifestyles. What really shocked me was watching the story of a woman who lived in Ohio, who walked 10 miles to work at Burger King back and forth every day so she could clean the bathrooms. They were completely poor, and she had to support her kids, one of which strived to get out of his social class, and live a better life. His mother, however, didn't understand why he thought he was better than her, and didn't understand that he wanted more for his life. I thought when we watched the 'WASPS' talk, they didn't even seem deserving of all that they had. They were just born into wealth. They thought they were better than everyone else because they looked better, and talked better, and were better educated. It was actually really ridiculous. Outside of sociology class, I never really thought of social class because it's something most people don't like to discuss. But watching that video made me see that social class really does affect our everyday lives. How we go to school (or if we do), where we live and where we grew up, and all the belongings we have.