Do people still label people in tracksuits and trainers as Chavs, or has the word stopped being used?
https://lemmy.world/post/44593056
Do people still label people in tracksuits and trainers as Chavs, or has the word stopped being used? - Lemmy.World
In my early twenties. I live on a council estate and walking outside in a
trackie, some Nikes and a baseball cap is just the most popular fashion amongst
the working class population. The Chav thing, from my understanding, is a
twisted caricature of that plus there was this narrative that said twisted
caricature of popular working class street fashion was this bad subculture. In
reality there’s no Chav subculture and it was a myth to scapegoat the working
class. But I am wondering now, do people still see people like me and assume we
are Chavs?
Do people still label people in tracksuits and trainers as Chavs, or has the word stopped being used?
https://lemmy.world/post/44593054
Do people still label people in tracksuits and trainers as Chavs, or has the word stopped being used? - Lemmy.World
In my early twenties. I live on a council estate and walking outside in a
trackie, some Nikes and a baseball cap is just the most popular fashion amongst
the working class population. The Chav thing, from my understanding, is a
twisted caricature of that plus there was this narrative that said twisted
caricature of popular working class street fashion was this bad subculture. In
reality there’s no Chav subculture and it was a myth to scapegoat the working
class. But I am wondering now, do people still see people like me and assume we
are Chavs?
Why do British people hate poor people so much?
https://lemmy.world/post/44552880
Why do British people hate their own poor people so much? - Lemmy.World
In the UK, there is a slur for poor people, “chav”. I remember doing an
assignment on how each demographic was viewed in the UK, and I recall stumbling
upon a lot of posts where people on forums would go into detail about how they’d
love to torture “chavs” to death. Nowhere in the US have I found such open
vitriol for poor people.
If you’re going to bring race into it, the cases off the top of my head, including in the cases i linked involved white people…
Why does it seem like teenagers killing people is way more commonplace in the UK now?
https://lemmy.world/post/43906664
Why does it seem like teenagers killing people is way more commonplace in the UK now? - Lemmy.World
Just one example of many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLFKjqzWGr4] I do
remember while there were some cases of teens killing people in the 2000’s, they
were few and far between, now it’s like you got to watch out for teens rather
than adults and there’s a very potent hazard of being killed by a pack. What
happened?
I’m talking more about the specific slur against Black people right when two Black people hit the stage. Even with Tourettes, what are the odds it was that specific word at that specific time?
Isn't it weirdly coincidental that John Davidson, who says he has Tourette's, yelled out the N-word right when two Black people were on stage?
https://lemmy.world/post/43544158
Isn't it weirdly coincidental that John Davidson, who says he has Tourette's, yelled out the N-word at the BAFTAs right when two Black people were on stage? - Lemmy.World
Am I the only one who thinks it’s too much of a coincidence? Why specifically
the N-word, right when two Black people were up on stage? And he also didn’t
apologize immediately.
British snobs casually hating on poor people ("chav" is a derogatory slur for working class people)
https://lemmy.world/post/39450195
Why would it be especially bad in the UK, though? What is happening in the UK to cause such widespread class-hate?
British people of Lemmy, what's up with the normalization of hatred/dehumanization towards working class people in the UK, considering that 60% of the UK population is considered to be working class?
https://lemmy.world/post/39446283
British people of Lemmy, what's up with the normalization of hatred/dehumanization towards working class people in the UK, considering that 60% of the UK population is considered to be working class? - Lemmy.World
I keep wondering why class prejudice is treated as so normal in the UK,
especially when most people are working class themselves. The slur “chav” shows
this clearly. It gets used so casually, almost like it’s harmless, even though
it’s aimed at an entire social group. What I can’t figure out is why so few
people call it out for the classism it is. Media and politics seem to reinforce
the idea that mocking the working class is acceptable, but it still feels
strange that so many people go along with it without questioning it. It makes me
wonder how something so openly dismissive became such an ordinary part of
everyday language. A few poignant examples I’ve read are things such as “anyone
else cross the street when they see chavs (working class people)”? Or “I hate
chavs (working class people) I wish they were all gassed”. Often, such phrasings
will earn a lot of upvotes or likes, as well. It’s 42 million people, that is a
lot of people some people want to be “gassed”, that other people are
upvoting/liking.
