Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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I agree with how both of these authors portray their opinions on what being poor is like. It is indeed like that in society today. Whether we want to admit it or not, materialistic things are important and people always look at what you have and judge you based on that before they even know who you really are. In "The logic of stupid poor people", this is a perfect example of how materialistic things are important. She got the better paying jobs most of the time because of the way she was dressed and what she was wearing. While this is not a bad thing for her, it goes to show how people look at what you wear and what you have and judge you based on that. The people hiring her had no clue that she was poor but they assumed that she was well off because of how she was dressed. It is sad how society relies so much on appearances. I am guilty of this too. I think a lot about what I have and how I dress and I catch it and tell myself its not as important as I think. I have a friend who is what people would consider poor but she always tells me that she tries so hard to buy nice things even if she doesn't have the money for it so that people dont think that she is poor. She wants to come off as someone that has money to everyone and I didn't even think twice about it before I agreed with her ad said yeah I understand what you mean and why you do that. In my opinion this mindset needs to change.
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I also agree with both authors and the way they convey being poor. Being poor has never been and never will be easy. Apart from struggling to financially maintain yourself or your dependents, one will always have the desire to have luxuries. Like Tressie McMillan Cotton stated in her passage, The Logic of Stupid Poor People, that having the right 'status symbols' can drastically change the whole outcome of actions, events and/or the way people will treat you. Which is unfortunate but it is what it is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and the other authors and their opinions in the readings of what it is like to live a poor life in todays society. I agree that in this day and age people tend to judge others depending on how they look, what they own, and the types of materialistic things that they own. We are all judged right away just by how we look. You use a great example in your post which I would also use which is the example of the girl that got the better paying job because of the clothes she wore and how she particularly dressed. Even though the girl was poor she was able to get the good job because she dressed nice and perceived herself to others as if she was not already living in poor conditions. Although I dont agree that this is fair to others that aren’t able to obtain nice and expensive things I can understand why a company would rather hire a person dressed more professionally rather then someone just wearing raggedy clothes. Someone that goes into a job interview wearing old raggedy clothes rather then nice professional attire is going to look like they do not care enough to try and get the job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the authors and the blogger, being poor in any society is never easy. Poverty comes with many drawbacks to appearance more so today than any other due in part to the increased focus on public appearance technology has brought. The excerpt from the passage “The Logic of Stupid People” that discusses the woman who got a higher wage due to her more business-like attire. These interactions while not morally right do have a sense of logic to them an employee represents the business they belong to and during the interview process you should wear what you deem would best represent an employee of the company position your striving to achieve. However the moral aspect of not giving someone a chance who may be better qualified of have a better work ethic than other potential employees is simply wrong and should be weeded out by usage of the interviewers process. Articles of clothing shouldn’t be a determining factor but instead be a part of many factors. For instance if someone were to show up to a interview with a slavish appearance then it could single to a interviewer that they do not give the respect the position deserves or even that they do not have care enough to bother which could hint at poor work ethic.
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