[Kate26818]

First of all, I have to be up front and say that I too am white/middle class, so you’ll probably want to stop right here if that matters. I have however, worked for Habitat for Humanity and seen what you’re talking about. Consider this: If you moved up into an ultra rich lifestyle where everyone around you has a master’s degree or a doctorate, and a lifestyle much more complicated than yours-would you automatically know how to adjust to it? You probably would really want to, but without having to ask someone to teach you how and risk looking stupid. You live what you know from how you were raised. You can’t change that without training. You wouldn’t know any different. Someone who moves up will still have their same values and tastes and lifestyle. As far as walking in front of traffic and disregarding motorists-it’s defiance. They feel different and they know they don’t fit in. They wish they didn’t feel so stupid or so ignorant or different. So they’re defensive and defiant. They want to show that it ‘doesn’t matter’ to them that they don’t fit in. They want to seem tough and independent and cover their true feelings of fear amd inferiority. Much the same as a little kid would say, ‘That’s stupid’ to another kid rather than embracing the differences.

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Name : Kate26818, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, City : Brainerd, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : sales, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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