[Kris]

I think that the differences people see between classes today (and not just in America) is a result of an historical tendency toward hierarchies. Think of feudal societies in which a person’s place on the economic ladder defined everything from what they ate to where they worked. If you were poor in, say, Charlemagne’s time, then you probably ate meat once a year, you worked in the fields of some wealthy landowner’s fiefdom, and you died at a fairly young age as a result of disease. European nations gradually developed out of feudal societies, but aristocracies remained as well as a general division of society. The advent of capitalism further separated the classes with the introduction of the bourgeoisie and Marx’s famous ‘proletariat’. With the help of colonization, this hierarchical trend spread to the Americas and other places around the globe. Today, there still remains a strong sense of class-division in many parts of the world. I think racism has also added to the development of certain class and social heirarchies. The person who first posed the question eluded to this in America. I definately think that these ideas exist and should be dealt with. The first step is to identify the prejudices at hand, and then to combat them with education.

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Name : Kris, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 22, City : Virginia Beach, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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