Social Class Consciousness

Social class is defined as a division of society based on social and economical status. In other words the relevance of your family’s name(brand) and the amount of revenue you bring in yearly give you advantage over those below your status. Class consciousness has been an issue in which generations have turned there head to avoid over the decades but while it may not be the topic of discussion it is a major issue and concern in communities, churches, college campuses, and even within families. The longer we let the topic go on , without the board discussion it deserves the more oblivious it will be to the world. This is a topic of equality and opportunity but this will teach the life lesson of humbleness a trait in which we as the people need to impute into our future youth with such disasters going on in today’s society. The more aware and enlightened we are as people the more efficient we will be as a society. We can no longer let monetary classifications define and shape our being. …show more content…
For example there are families that make the same income but one will somehow live a more “extravagant” lifestyle because they’d decided to spend the majority of their money on materialistic things such as cars, clothes, and shoes rather than the necessities such as bills and rent. The ones who live the “better” life will belittle the ones that aren't trending the latest fashions but yet they themselves are on the verge of being kicked out of there apartment and the new car they just leased is about to get repossessed. This has somehow become a trend in the inner city communities set by the upper class because those of the lower class want to impress the lower class while trying to keep up with the upper class(keeping up with the jones). This will continue to be the downfall and stereotype of the African American community if we continue to compete outside of our