It seems that man cannot go a day without catching wind of some sort of movement on the media. Whether it be Black Lives Matter, Feminism, or the LGBTQIAPK community, all these movements push for the same thing: equality. One would think that with the various movements of this kind that humanity is driving full force towards the precipice of achieving full acceptance, but in reality, we have not made, nor have we been making, all too much progress.
Before classism can be discussed, a general understanding of “classism” and related terms needs to be reached. Social class can be seen as, in an essence, inequality. It is defined by a growing number of seemingly trivial traits (such as choice of clothing, choice of religion, and choice of companions), as well as relatively obvious traits (such as job type, housing, and income) and almost always divides people into three main, self-explanatory, groups: lower-class, middle-class, and upper-class (hereinafter, “middle-class,” “working-class,” and “lower-class” will be used interchangeably for the sake of brevity). Classism can be thought about as the disparity of favorability between classes; the greater the favorability over one class
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In 2003, it was that, in order for words to be taken as harassment, it would have to pass the “reasonable person” test—that is, the speech would have to go “beyond the mere expression of views, words, symbols or thoughts that some person finds offensive.” Since 2013, though, the Departments of Justice and Education made it so that any speech that is considered “unwelcome” is grounds for a harassment claim. Universities, not wanting to deal with federal investigations, have started strictly enforcing this rule on campus. With this new law, simply the words, “I’m offended,” becomes the end-all-be-all of any argument effectively inhibiting any real progress in being