Social Status

Social class is not something that is new to me. I have studied social class through many different subjects throughout my education such as history, theology, world geography and even in ethic literature. Since I have taken these courses, I actually think about social class a lot. And I believe that social class plays a major role in our society.
As for the video "Wealth Inequality in America" I was not the least bit surprised to see how incorrect people's understandings of wealth distribution is in America. I think that people in our country are afraid to admit that there are very rich people in the world and also that there are very poor people in this world as well.
I think that social class plays a huge role on people's values and views. For an example, in the video "People Like Us" when the lady says that she would never drive Volvo because it screams "middle class mother who has ornery kids with an out of control dog" or that she wouldn't drive a Ford because it was probably stolen. Why is a Volvo considered a middle class car? Oh, because they are less expensive and less cool than Porsche or a BMW. So based on this particular lady's value and views she is able to define your social class based on the car that you drive. This is absolutely absurd. I actually know a guy who I would consider upper middle class because of his salary, assets, investments and savings and could afford a Porsche if he wanted to but prefers to drive Hondas because they are economical.  He believes that buying a Porsche is a wasted investment and he would much rather buy a more affordable car and use his money else where. To me this is thinking smart and economical.
I have ran into certain situations throughout my life where people's values and views clouded their thoughts from what was actually the truth. I attended a catholic grade school and high school in which my high school was one of the most well know private school in the area. When people would ask me where I attended high school I would tell them Sacred Heart Griffin and about 95 percent of they time they would say, "Oh wow you must be rich." Well the real truth was that I wasn't rich. I was middle class just like them. In fact most were very unaware that my mother worked in my high school's cafeteria in order to receive a discount on my tuition.