I'm in Year 10 / Grade 4 and was doing an essay on society and socioeconomic hierarchy, and I came across a topic which I haven't really explored upon.
Is your perception of posh; quintessentially english traditions/ anglo saxon/western values, people who hold dignatries i.e dukedoms, or is it wealthy beings?
And if so, could you be a person from a different ethnic background but still be part of the upper class in a western society? for example, can an asian be upper class in England? and is it possible to move up/down classes, apart from marriage?
2006-10-28 04:45:41 · 4 answers · asked by Charles Graf Von Schneider 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
"Posh", the way I use the word and think I understand it when I hear it (in Britain) refers to style. It requires dosh to be posh for longer than an evening, but you can be rich without being posh. A title (duke, etc) in itself doesn't make you posh. Archie in Glenbogle, if you've seen any of the TV series, was never posh.
Posh implies a kind of flair. I would talk about a "posh" house meaning a big mansion with lots of grounds, and a certain amount of tastefulness too. It often implies the kind of flashiness with money that the truly rich avoid.
Your other question..... a title certainly means you become upper class. Lord Learie Constantine, the West indies cricketer, for example, became upper class when he got his peerage.
2006-10-31 22:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confusing question, wrote it a bit quick. Anyway, personally I do not like hierarchies, and I think the world would be better off without them. That said, yes it is possible for anyone to move up and down in class. It is called money. Today it would be easier for people of different ethnicities to be in higher classes in places where it was traditionally a Caucasian only club.
2006-10-28 04:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by sangheilizim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now I am taking sociology and I have learned that it is easier to move up or down when you are a member of the middle classes. People on the bottom rungs of society face alot m ore hurdles in improving their station than do middle class people who can afford to go to college. As for minorities, many of them face the same dilemmas as lower class people (at least in America) because of the numerous hurdles and prejudices that they face every day and they can seem even more disadvantaged than say a white male from the lower class because of their ethnic background.
2006-10-28 04:51:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Money can move you up or down classes, but power can only move you up, or leave you dead.
2006-10-28 13:33:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋