Thursday, August 5, 2010

Georges Response

It's hard to think of a way to go about dealing with social class in that context because that is a different culture and sticking to your social class is a huge part of that culture. The way I would go about reasoning Mehri's situation is if her and the person she liked just met. Social class should not have any bind on anything. I actually deal with being part of a different social class and even age group three days a week at work. I work at a retirement home in Barrington and for those who don't know Barrington it's a town next to mine known for being wealthy. To give you an idea it costs one point two million dollars minimum! to live where I work. I'm not gonna tell that everyone lives there degrades you because your just a worker there, but there are a few times I've had to bite my tongue. I'm in the restaurant at this place and if something doesn't come out right for example I'm lazy, young, and worst of all I've been referenced to as a shoe shiner. This is nice if we were to compare this to other things I've heard, a lot of my co-workers are Hispanic, I won't say what comes out of their mouths about them. It makes me sick to my stomach that people can be so judgmental on something so ridiculous as class, moving in to race and even on how fast you are.

1 comment:

  1. I really like how you related it to your work and was willing to be honest with everyone about it. Sometimes in situations like that, we do have to bite our tongues and just deal with it. In Persepolis, there are those people who do try to fight against it and say something, but many get killed for doing so.

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