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To: C19fan

I grew up in Manhattan, from the wonderful late sixties right through the worst of the 70s-80s. But I tell you, rich and poor lived in the same neighborhood. I went to school with some extremely wealthy people and some extremely poor people. Poor white people too, fwiw.

I never realized we had a class system in America until I saw the movie “Caddyshack”. It was a complete revelation to me.

Some things have gotten much, much better in this country over the ensuing decades, but our system of class striation has gotten much, much worse.


23 posted on 01/31/2015 10:15:11 AM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: jocon307

I went to Prep School in a wealthy neighborhood, Shaker Heights, Oh. I lived in the dorm, and the locals made sure we dorm rats knew about class distinctions.


25 posted on 01/31/2015 10:52:42 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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