Classism in North America: Proven Wrong
Classism in North America Classism is a big dilemma in several parts of the world such as North America. The word Classism was derived from Class and -ism; the word Class descended from a French word, Classe, and a Latin word Classis. The word was originally created by Servius Tullius in one of the six orders into which he used to divide the Roman people for the purpose of taxation. Those words together make the word Classism which means a biased or discriminatory attitude based on distinctions made between social or economic classes ("classism." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 20 Jan. 2012. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/classism>). In this essay I will enlighten why Classism should be abolished due to its differential treatment based on social class or perceived social class. I will prove this by explaining in the following paragraphs about the types of classes & rights in the 20th, 21st and the 22nd century, Urbanization and its effects on class, Social power and rights, and general day to day life. In the 21st Century in North America the people were divided in 3 main categories which were the rich, the middle-class, and the poor. People who are poor and/or middle class sometimes believe in the society’s norms and attitudes toward them. Internalized classism is the explanation of classism by middle class and poor people. Some examples of internalized classism are: that they feel week towards higher-class people, middle class people feel superior to people categorized on the lower class of them, and when people believe that classist assumptions are fair. People who are middle-class and wealthy sometimes believe the society’s beliefs and attitudes toward them, and which result into the middle-class people to wanting to use the same remarks that they get from rich people to the poor people. Depending on what class a person is in decides what privileges and advantages they get. The advantages that rich working