March 19, 2006 at 12:00 am #40165
Hilary-T
Participant
I am an upper-class suburban female, and I feel that this attitude is based on environment. Up until recently, when I started college, I lived in a town and attended schools that were 98% white. We all talked the same way, and lacked exposure to diversity. I know I am a bit stand-offish with guys of different races, but to me, they seem more aggressive than the guys I have interacted with previously, and this aggressiveness and a certain ‘accent’ that lower-class people tend to have turns me off.