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Is the classism in question really about being poor? From my perspective, it is about perpetuating the stereotype that rural people are 'slack jawed yokels'. I
by randomdata 10y ago
Is the classism in question really about being poor?
From my perspective, it is about perpetuating the stereotype that rural people are 'slack jawed yokels'. If this guy was from a vertical trailer park (i.e. a high rise condo unit), we wouldn't think twice about it because, despite being potentially just as poor, he is an 'enlightened city dweller'.
- Semiapies 10y agoThere's a rural vs urban component, but yes, it's about being poor. If he were poor and urban, a similar article would have talked about him growing up in the "mean streets" of some poor neighborhood. It's the same reaction.
- randomdata 10y agoPerhaps it's a regional thing then, because where I come from, trailer parks are essentially cottages for the middle class. The poor connotation isn't there, but the lack of population density certainly is.