tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post115653202794547304..comments2023-11-05T02:27:32.291-05:00Comments on Coffee Rhetoric: Social Class Differentials, The One Percent, and 'Favela Rising'TiffJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781893986200397664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156968038102782552006-08-30T16:00:00.000-04:002006-08-30T16:00:00.000-04:00@obi from south londonyeah the worst is when you r...@obi from south london<BR/><BR/>yeah the worst is when you realize that you have some of those weird things internalized yourself . you wonder where that comes from.<BR/>language barrieres are a hot topic though, my friend just told me how he can't really talk to this french girl - a common friend we have - because she doesn't get the jokes. it s a drag.<BR/>so to make my onw little dirty emeraldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938182633543909998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156787138013733302006-08-28T13:45:00.000-04:002006-08-28T13:45:00.000-04:00Hi Coffey!Man, I don't have much to say here, othe...Hi Coffey!<BR/><BR/>Man, I don't have much to say here, other than...I'm at the bottom, and I would like to be at the top, too bad, to sad, I'm dirt poor. LOL LOLBloody Whorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01972337130116144612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156775547833638312006-08-28T10:32:00.000-04:002006-08-28T10:32:00.000-04:00I think I may have seen born rich...is that the on...I think I may have seen born rich...is that the one where on of the kids, sues the dude making it halfway through? If so I remember someone saying that if a persons lapel was at a certain height he considered them low-class. The thing that kills me is people don't seem to realize capitalism is a pyramid. You can't be on top unless more people are at the bottom.Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824458171389497321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156698763826285282006-08-27T13:12:00.000-04:002006-08-27T13:12:00.000-04:00I can attest to the fact that no matter how much t...I can attest to the fact that no matter how much the working class grinds, it’s still hard to make ends meet... and it develops into a lifestyle where most of us who rests at the lower rung of the economic scale, live from pay check to pay check<BR/><BR/><BR/>ditto - and it pisses me off, with my education & stuff I SHOULD be doing *ahem* "better", but it's the norm, I guess (but it doesn't make jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03644929017494459806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156627708743581982006-08-26T17:28:00.000-04:002006-08-26T17:28:00.000-04:00@beauty i get that all the time. you speak so well...@beauty i get that all the time. you speak so well. how patronising.<BR/><BR/>great post and great comments. while the notion of class looks set in stone it is quite a relative affair. you subconciously refuse to lump yourself in the same leagues with someone you consider yourself better than. again the phrase "better than" is relative. one man's yardstick.<BR/><BR/>as a black and african chromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338912618994331113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156617423729642592006-08-26T14:37:00.000-04:002006-08-26T14:37:00.000-04:00yesterday, while i was waiting to teach that littl...yesterday, while i was waiting to teach that little teenie actress how to fake guitar i overheard her mother complain about taxes. she said, that if you exceed 1 million dollars in giftmoney or even stuff you buy as gifts for someone, you have to pay 50 % taxes on that money. the other things is too, that if you want to give me for example a million dollars, you have to pay taxes on it and I haveemeraldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938182633543909998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156611024229655852006-08-26T12:50:00.000-04:002006-08-26T12:50:00.000-04:00@Beautyinbaltimore: Yes, I've seen that documentar...<B>@Beautyinbaltimore:</B> Yes, I've seen that documentary, "<I>Born Rich</I>"<BR/>I found a couple of the subjects, Cody Franchetti in particular, to be quite obnoxious, elitist, and rude. Unfortunately, no amount of money can buy manners and humility.TiffJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781893986200397664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907102.post-1156557171179774072006-08-25T21:52:00.000-04:002006-08-25T21:52:00.000-04:00Good post. Its funny but I think all of us are gui...Good post. Its funny but I think all of us are guilty of making assumptions about people based on their apperance. Another black female blooger wrote about having white people make comments on how well she speaks. I think this is a problem for a lot of us. Sometimes African-Americans also make these type of comments. I've had black people tell me that I could not possibly be from the neighorhood BeautyinBaltimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213041285476494126noreply@blogger.com