Yeskel's article grasped my attention the most this week. In middle school, I started to recognize classism after being rejected by a different social class. I never noticed the difference before but somehow others did. Apparently, you can absorb a lot of information about someone based on their appearance and materialistic items and I was the girl who didn't have many. The same occurred in high school but at this moment in life I was content with my surroundings. Nothing was based on looks or money,I was able to be myself and that's all that matters. I've always lived a good life it just wasn't what others looked like. Visiting friends homes i saw the difference in wealth but it never made me want to be anything less than a friend.
It bugs me how people base their friends and other relationships off wealth and materials. On page 98, Yeskel says "classism,like no other forms of oppression, can be internalized causing self-blame,shame,low expectations,discouragement and self-doubt,particularly about one's intelligence." I would hate to put anyone through that sort of depression. No one should be treated differently because of their social class.
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