November 1st, we had a LCD class about social class. It was a difficult topic, but I thought deeply about it and I learned from people who have experienced more things than us.
First, almost all people said it is hard for the government to change today’s society. The wealth still keeps it high level and poor people still have increased, such as homeless and no job. I heard people who don’t have job and money in Spokane keep increasing, so the family also lives under a bridge or in their car. It is the big problem it might have continued. So, under the government, even if they don’t give any change for us, we can identify our subconscious and ourselves, and it is the most important for everyone to have empathy. If we don’t respond to the government, they don’t control us correctly and we can’t connect as one society.
Second, someone said you are “social class destroyer”, because if people can use two or three languages, they can get benefits from everything and social class goes down. I have never thought like that, but I found another reason to study a second or third language. If I don’t study some languages, my knowledge is only about inside Japan and I might be pro-Japan. Through the study, I learn diversity and get a lot of information about some good points and bad points in each country. If the country has some problems, we can think about that and interact with international people like this. I felt it is important to study foreign languages and culture, and then we tell about that to someone who can’t understand the international situation.
Third, actually, when the earth was born, people were equal. However, when people began agriculture, social border started to appear. I forgot at first people were equal. I wonder before today’s situation was formed, we couldn’t have stopped it or ease it or we had no choice. After the LCD class, I discussed it with my friends. The more we think about it, the more we thought a social class has a deep history. For example, we wondered that someone built each country is also kind of social class.
In conclusion, I wish both people who belong to upper class and lower class cooperated to make them equal society. It is the most difficult and it also becomes to kind of diversity. However, suddenly if a disaster happened, upper class people would lose everything and the position might be opposite or everyone might become to equal situation. We can’t predict what will happen in the future.