I had a wonderful time with our guests on Tuesday, November 1st. Today’s topic is social class in America. I’m very curious about it and I heard and thought a lot of things during conversation with our guests. Through the before and after class, I have two deep opinion about this topic.
Firstly, I want to take about my disappointing story before class. Before class, I have to learn social class before Tuesday, and I have to watch 2 videos on You Tube. After I saw it, I feel disappointed, because white people think black people is lower class, and white people is middle or upper class people. I think it is stereotype. Also, one of them showed who belong to lower, middle or upper class people. This video showed people who wear white color cloth, they may be office working people. It means upper class people. However, people who wear blue color cloth, they may by laborer. It means middle or lower class people. I didn’t notice about that during watching movie. When I noticed about it, I was very shocked, because people who wear each colors clothes, other people know he is lower people or upper people. I think that it is a kind of discrimination to people. Through the movies, I want to know what I can do for society and whet society can do for people.
Secondly, during conversation, I was shocked when I talked with woman who is a mother of kindergarten nearby MFWI. I asked her “What do you think social class will come to the end?” when I asked her, I thought she would say “yes”, because I hoped it will come to the end. However, she said to me “No”, because people who are high ranked, they want to keep their own property, so she think it never comes to the end. Also she said to me, “If you were rich family member, you will inherit the money or farm or some your parent’s property from your parents, and they want to keep their power.” I don’t care about much money, because I think family ties is more important than money. However, actually, people think that money is important thing than family ties.
As you can see, through the conversation, social class is absolutely serious problem in the U.S. and Japan or other countries. When I heard a lot of guest’s opinion, I thought I can do something for society as a citizen, because if it never comes to the end, I can cut down the disparity in a social standing between upper class and lower class. I had a wonderful time with our guest and I had a fantastic opportunity to meditate on it.