Over the holidays i saw this girl who is immensly nice, intelligent and a solid academic at Mcgill, but her family is well.... kinda trashy or how she decribed them anyways( I did not think it much). But the reality was that her father and older brother swore alot and talked about inappropiate subjects in front of kids and drank and drove and the one brother was total trash 2 kids without a mom and living at home just a awfull situaiton.
Point being this young girl she kinda voiced concerns about her future and if she will be able to escape this life of hers with her family. She asked me if i think she meets a nice guy or brings back friends from University will they treat her differntly when they realize she comes from a trashy upbringing.
Naturally i told her not and that people who would think such things are not worth while speaking with but then again my family was also not too well off untill i was born and my mum became a principle. So i was brought up with the belief of equality for all and that one should not be judged the action of others,As we had only just escaped poverty thus i have a bias.
However, how does the rest of society see it?
Do you think a person's social class has much of a bearing on how you treat them and how you percieve them?
If someone has somewhat of a trashy family do you think they are trashy as well? Even if they are not.
Do you think issues of social class come to play when thinking about potential significant others?
Can someone whose parents or family are trailer trash be viewed a sophisticated inspite of thier family?
Can someone whose parents come from a very poor or unsophisticated backround succussfully integrate into contemporary candian middle class society?
How does one accomplish this and still include thier family, if there is such a differnce or even embarrassment?
adios
swilly
Point being this young girl she kinda voiced concerns about her future and if she will be able to escape this life of hers with her family. She asked me if i think she meets a nice guy or brings back friends from University will they treat her differntly when they realize she comes from a trashy upbringing.
Naturally i told her not and that people who would think such things are not worth while speaking with but then again my family was also not too well off untill i was born and my mum became a principle. So i was brought up with the belief of equality for all and that one should not be judged the action of others,As we had only just escaped poverty thus i have a bias.
However, how does the rest of society see it?
Do you think a person's social class has much of a bearing on how you treat them and how you percieve them?
If someone has somewhat of a trashy family do you think they are trashy as well? Even if they are not.
Do you think issues of social class come to play when thinking about potential significant others?
Can someone whose parents or family are trailer trash be viewed a sophisticated inspite of thier family?
Can someone whose parents come from a very poor or unsophisticated backround succussfully integrate into contemporary candian middle class society?
How does one accomplish this and still include thier family, if there is such a differnce or even embarrassment?
adios
swilly
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