# What is classism in the US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317 "2015-09-23T16:31:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317/21 "2015-09-30T18:40:05Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Dude? What’s with the use of such antiquated terms? You do realize words like “negroid” are heavily associated with racists, right?
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> This sounds more like the old you.

I was hoping the context would make it clear I was mocking the blatant classism of the previous post by noting that racialized variants of it have been quite popular at times in public discourse.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317/22 "2015-09-30T21:17:25Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> I was hoping the context would make it clear I was mocking the blatant classism of the previous post by noting that racialized variants of it have been quite popular at times in public discourse.

I got it.

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**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317/23 "2015-10-01T00:04:43Z")

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Classism died with the death throes of WW2.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317/24 "2015-10-01T00:19:16Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> I was hoping the context would make it clear I was mocking the blatant classism of the previous post by noting that racialized variants of it have been quite popular at times in public discourse.

> [@madmonk28](#):
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> I got it.

So did I. And it was spot on. Those posts were, embarrassingly, perfect examples of classism. I almost thought they were parodies at first.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-classism-in-the-us/732317/25 "2015-10-01T02:44:12Z")

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> [@Stringbean](#):
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> Classism died with the death throes of WW2.

That’s fantastic!

Will we be invited to hang out on your yacht this weekend?

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