Response to Miho's presentation on Social Classes

I would like to comment on Miho's presentation on social classes. First, a job well done to you , Miho. An informative information that distinguished the different social classes in America as well as in India. I am pretty much surprised to see that politicians are considered to be the top class in the chart that you had shown during the presentation.In addition to the presentation, I would like to add something that I learnt about social classes back in my high school days. My instructor had once asked me whether it is right to categorize people into different social classes or put it simply,why don't we just categorize them into rich or poor. I recalled the term "pariah", the lowest class in the Indian social class. My high school instructor told me that back in India, segregation between the rich or the poor is so wide that you can see that " Pariah" is someone that is treated like an animal, they are out casted and left alone.To be honest, it is good to have social classes but not to be too extreme on it. I believe that no matter how poor a person is, he/she will still want to be respected as who they are.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008