"Classism" : Racism for classes

The division among classes has separated us people since the beginning of time. In the time before true civilization with currency and a set system of economics it was division of classes based on ones wealth.

For example say Caveman A spent days fashioning a club at the same time he had a lady friend compared to Caveman B with neither of those obviously hanging out with Caveman B won't be very fun if he doesn't have another club or a companion as well. Very simple but separation of class. By Caveman A with his club and lovely lady friend not desiring to hangout with Caveman B because of his lack of wealth would make his a "clssist," racist, but class.

As time goes on and civilization is evolves into a set government and economic system , much like in the era of kings and queens, money becomes a factor. Although in a time where heritage is just as important as money separation of class was really who you were born from. If you were born into royalty you were golden, but if you were born into middle to poor class life just wasn't gonna be as fun. Especially since back then if you were rich and royal you could rub it in your fellow mans face, literally, because with a high power like that classes below you were near slave status even if they were in your same kingdom or village. The rich and high class of this time were the "classist's" in comparison to slave owners in the 1800's.

This term, "classist," closely relates to separation of class and color during slavery in N. America in the 1800's as it was rich White people buying stolen African American's from Africa and profiting from it. This separation of race and class has the same appeal today. As minorities in America are oppressed in the literal success of ones life here its can be seen from the rich white mans point of view down to "rest of us." The first and previously only billionaire black women was Oprah and that was because 90%~ of America knows who she is.

From day one when your born if you come out white in America your probably ,most likely, gonna succeed or live an ample life unless your born into the lowest 10% of income families. The "classist" of today is someone who is usually rich. Rich enough to have more than a car for one self. Rich enough to fly first class. Rich enough to send each of their children to private school. All of these are a separation of class, moving them self and status away from the middle man/ lower class. Living in a capitalist America as a rich person, spendable income, its nearly impossible not to be a "classist" and part take in "classism." Good and services just scream "I'm Rich" here. Like private schools, first class, VIP, valet parking, etc. the list is gigantic. The funny thing is these services are usually carried out by a very low payed individual who really doesn't want to do their job serving rich people all the time. Funny, sounds like slavery.

The way it looks and has been looking this will stay the same till the end of mankind as it has been around since the beginning. A separation from your fellow man/woman is inevitable. As a species that creates such elaborate lifestyles and peacocks the line from poor to rich is comparable to African American slave and Land owning White as well as hand crafted club and girl owning caveman A to caveman B.

Now, are you a "classist"? or part take in "classism"?
I am, with my iPhone alone puts me above so many under privileged people out there without one. Not a good thing to know, but that's capitalist America for you. Born and raised.

What's the differences between me and you?

When you take a conflict of race its on the background of that person of which they were born into. One disagreeing with the other based on like and dislike referring to ones preferences. This is sparked by the first thing you notice about any one human you come in contact with anywhere in the world. Their race and gender, whether you like it or not its what we do. This necessarily isn't bad in that you may have no bias on either, but many do.

For an example, when someone not related to your race walks in the room in your near direct line of sight your eyes will scan and in less that a second your brain races with anything related like a supercomputer. This doesn't mean that you automatically become a judgmental racial profiling son of a gun. It means you recognize the differences and recall your perception on what you have been through up to that point in time. See this is where racists will skew and channel such thoughts into negative hate. Hate for another person who is not them or, a racist/sexist.

This racial/gender profiling is sadly very common in America and especially America. Our history is short in comparison to many other nations and in that short time there was a long and serious period of slavery of African Americans and only African Americans. The oppression for being born how you were, as well as some bogus findings of racial superiority based on skull structure, are rooted in our American history. I believe its very important we teach every bit of U.S. history from worst to greatest but the fact our history involves genocide of nearly all Native Americans, Slavery and oppression of hundreds of thousands of African Americans, and Internment of U.S. citizen Japanese Americans during WWII all in 233 years, that a lot of hate. Even today we face such discrimination among races as we have entered the Afghanistan and Iraq wars that Middle Easterns are somehow suspected of being terrorists and that Hispanics can legally be racially profiled in Arizona as we protect our boarders.

All that in almost 2 human lifetimes is a lot! This what I believe learning about this may impose or somehow connect in peoples minds that it may be okay to hate, discriminate, and be racist. Our track record as a nation clearly shows an extremely large amount of hate among each other. The social experiment in the store as ABC set up a hairy situation with opposite races. The fact our nation has a history of such discrimination among other races allows one to think that because our history has it that its okay, which its not.

We should be learning from such a rough history. Its like the global warming situation in that we are chocking our planet by spewing emissions thus killing humanities only home, Earth. The same should go for racism in America. Teach that and make it right by teaching that racial profiling is not okay and that we are all equal because we are.

For example imagine an onion and all its layers. Now take a White male and a Black female, stand them next to each other. When you peel off their first and foremost layer, the skin and hair, all racial aspects are gone. Its muscle and muscle. When you peel away another layer you get bones, but you also get genitals which surely separates the sex but without race I'm pretty sure these two would get along. As you get down to just organs its all the same. Its just our identity on the outside. What our skin color is, what we wear, how long our hair is, our "feature" sizes etc.

"We are fully clothed naked."

So really when the question comes up, What are the differences between me and you? Its gotta be the race you were uncontrollably born with and how you accessorize yourself with material goods because underneath your skin we are all the same (minus genitalia) so ask yourself, why can't we all get along? and do something to fix that. That's how to answer the question.