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Are Masks a New Signifier of Social Class?
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoMaybe a survey of managers and owners would have reduced the confusion this article concludes with, but I guess professors on dress codes are easier to get ahold of during lunch.
- bumbledraven 5y agohttps://archive.is/8vJ6m https://archive.is/8vJ6m
- ggm 5y agoThe absence of masks by patrons while service staff must wear them would be a very strong case for this, yes. I think there's a basic loss of mutuality being seen. "I paid for this experience" self-justification for bad outcomes maybe?
- msftie 5y agoNever mind the giant red bear dining at the table in the background. Edit: they’ve updated the headline photo. But it is still visible in the Internet archive link: https://archive.is/8vJ6m/b50770e322140d2616cad8e4f5ae3c45d32abd9b.webp https://archive.is/8vJ6m/b50770e322140d2616cad8e4f5ae3c45d32...
- vondur 5y agoIn California OSHA rules dictate that employees must wear face coverings.
- abystander 5y agoYes. They fit in perfectly with the extreme polarization and consequent culture of conformism and social signalling. In so far as political leanings cleave so well to social class and geography (these things go hand-in-hand) - it's just obvious that masks work extremely well as a proxy for sociopolitical identity.
- justshowpost 5y agoI think NYT tries to incite the unrest among staffers. Eat the rich, yadda, yadda