Posted by Jai Narayan on November 29, 2003, at 7:48:04
In reply to Re: and now for something painful, posted by deirdrehbrt on November 28, 2003, at 23:56:56
> Question: If a pariah calls a person a peasant, who is demeaning whom? I would tend to assume that all within a home are of the same class, unless, of course, one within that family finds a way to exit the class system entirely.
>
Good Question. My family was split up into two classes. My mothers family and then my dads. My mothers family was about the richest in town vs my very poor father . The whole thing was classic she in the big house he across the river on the wrong side of the tracks. So all the children who became my mothers favorites=upper class. Well since my father came from low beginnings and was working at the age of 10= working class. My sister who my fathers favorite = working class. My mother was always jealous of that. I was outright rejected by my mother...so I sort of fell into my fathers camp but really got raised by numerous other people & relatives.That's how that can happen. Oh joy.
>Check out the book "Class".
thank you I think I will.
> This transition has been my salvation. It has given me the opportunity to exit my abusive, proletarian, acolytiphile, upbringing, and exit the class system entirely
> Well I hope to do the same.> So, um, what was the question? :-)
You are so much fun, I want to make up a question just to get your attention.
*l*
Jai
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