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Scruffy1

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5. This is a very interesting observation . I have seen this many times myself.

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 11:30 PM

Apr 2016

I have always noted how my friends of other colors were judged differently, and i usually dress down just to avoid interacting with large swaths of the public. If you look a little grungy it's just assumed you are poor and ignorant. I haven't ever been a cleaning person, and I never thought about the perceptions of people on the cleanliness of a room by its age, but then I never lived in Suburbia.

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The Blue State Model: How the Democrats Created a "Liberalism of the Rich" [View all] friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 OP

Thank You! K&R! haikugal Apr 2016 #1

yeah, the I got mine attitude is alive, well and flourishing in MA. Cobalt Violet Apr 2016 #2

As I have been saying maindawg Apr 2016 #3

Forty years ago, I was a poor kid just about to get a Master's degree. raging moderate Apr 2016 #4

This is a very interesting observation . I have seen this many times myself. Scruffy1 Apr 2016 #5

I just finished reading it last night. Scruffy1 Apr 2016 #6

I think this is a little short-sighted. Working people left the Democratic Party. Aristus Apr 2016 #7

Here's how I *know* you didn't read the linked Thomas Frank article: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 #8