Why can't certain social classes socialize with other social classes?

Question

Why can't certain social classes socialize with other social classes?

Answer 1

nothing in common and therefore no interest in socializing

Answer 2

jon s is wrong,

not that they don't want to, they can not.

People from different social classes grow up in different social settings, they go to different schools, receive different kinds of education, develop different interests and hobbies and tastes(not just food), have different amount of income and subsequently different spending habits(the most obvious ones are clothing and music), they even prefer using different words... The prejusdice is a result of those existing differences. they don't have a common language.

Ever wonder why you see people from different social classes socialize in movies so often, because it does not happen often in real life, that's why it is in movies often (that is a simple logic, normally what happens often in movies does not in real life and vice versa.

Answer 3

Part of the comfort of the class system is that people "of your class" are like you so you can socialize easily.  In theory, people are told they should aspire up in class and disassociate themselves from the next class down.  They thought of society literally as a social ladder with each class a rung.  Since no one wants to socialize "down," there is no way to socialize "up."

It's a ridiculous system.  That's what's so great about America, it's a meritocracy.  If you are really smart or talented or hard working or all three, you can rise in status and improve your lot in life.

Bill Gates didn't finish college, but he was brilliant and hard-working and one can see where he is.  Oprah Winfrey was a poor girl from a broken home, but she is immensely talented and smart and she overcame what many people would say was a disadvantaged beginning.  It's possible every single day.

Answer 4

In India they have a class of people known as 'the untouchables' ~ it has to do with Hindu philosophy. These people are not allowed to be touched/associated with people outside of their own class.

There was a newspaper report recently which horrified me: An 'untouchable' pregnant woman was in labour ~ Realizing she was about to give birth to her baby, she went to the local hospital. Upon arrival, she was exited from the hospital as no doctors would assist her due to her being an untouchable, whereby she gave birth outside the hospital on the footpath. There was public outcry over this treatment of her & I think the hospital relented enough to take in the baby, but the woman was left to fend for herself.

Answer 5

completely untrue... it is not a matter of "CAN'T"...because the fact of the matter is some just choose not to.  This is the case in America.

NOW....if you are refering to another country who's culture is in part about classes and ranks of society then the reason is that the wealthy or those born into the noble families retain the cultural notion that they are more clean or holy than a lower class.

really are you talking about america?  another country?  or at school?  because i hope you aren't generalizing a personal view and factualizing it.

Answer 6

I hate to say I must agree with uncommon, I am from what is considered a lower social economic family. I married a guy who is from a middle to upper class family. When we met he gave me the impression he was a rebel, that he was a blacksheep in his family because he rebelled against his family's belief about the poor. I have found because of some choices he has made in his life he did become this in his family. He married into a poor family. One could say all of his relationships have been of this nature. His mother a psychologist, accepted me because I guess she felt I was the best of the lot. However, if we visit her home I am a fish out of water. I had to drink wine with my meals, remember to put the cloth napkin over my lap. Which fork to use. She tells us what to wear to functions she invites us to. My husband thinks it is just a mother buying clothes for her son, but I have picked up, that she is afraid we will embarass her because we dress in comfort. She is very nice to me, but often makes remarks about lower social economic people, I don't know if my husband has told her how poor I am. My family we are not as formal. We have one fork. The napkin is paper. We wipe our mouths but don't protect our laps. We probably aren't as articulated in our speech. I attend college, majoring in Social work. When she found out I changed my major from psychology she gave me a little advice. That social work was what she as a professor and her peers would recommend to students who were not intelligent enough for other academic area's. I even have problems with my husband making comments such as being poor and uneducated being inferior. We have had many arguments about social class. Actually it is the only thing we argue about. I must say he is a D student, I am an A student because of their beliefs, because I love to show my grades to them, it makes me work harder.

Answer 7

They can, but how much?  Superficial light socializing, but being close or comfortable with each other, socializing in a deeper sense, is very hard.  In the end, perhaps, it depends on how different the classes are from one another.