Comments on: Gaps: Economic and Cultural http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Antish http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/comment-page-1/#comment-35361 Antish Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:33:26 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/#comment-35361 Do you? Perhaps in the US (although I doubt it - the Japanese, Korean and Chinese 'races' do well in the US) but not in countrties where class is openly acknowledged. The 'single parent welfare bludger' phenomenon is surely a predominantly underclass Anglo one in Australia, for example; the 'gangs of excitable young men' phenomenon includes working-class men from most 'races' in Australia. Do you? Perhaps in the US (although I doubt it – the Japanese, Korean and Chinese ‘races’ do well in the US) but not in countrties where class is openly acknowledged. The ’single parent welfare bludger’ phenomenon is surely a predominantly underclass Anglo one in Australia, for example; the ‘gangs of excitable young men’ phenomenon includes working-class men from most ‘races’ in Australia.

]]> By: Umm Yasmin http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/comment-page-1/#comment-35360 Umm Yasmin Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:22:01 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/#comment-35360 Methinks "culture" has just become a synonym for race. Methinks “culture” has just become a synonym for race.

]]> By: Eudaemonion http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/comment-page-1/#comment-35119 Eudaemonion Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:34:12 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/10/gaps-economic-and-cultural/#comment-35119 To state the blatantly obvious; Monsieur Lindsay has a point. The 'working class' and its lassiez faire attitude are wonderfully accomodating to the naturally curious, inclined to study and research. There is thaat freedom to go where you want, without the pressure of parents and there 'know better' attitude. These people are few and far in between. Where this fails is when it concerns the less studious types, like my younger brother, who is turning out to be the 'dumb jock' stereotype. In these cases, the hands on approach busy body approach of the middle class parents. I guess the 'working class' is social strata is where our indispensible tradies come from; where would we be without them? So fiddling with this might endanger our supply of these guys, further heightening our 'skills shortage'. It all comes down to the image of labour being a pursuit for those who do poorly academically; a stigma of anti-intellectualism if you will. Interesting tid-bit: Hitler was quite big on the idea of glamourising labour; the 'Socialism' part of 'National Socialsim', I guess. To state the blatantly obvious; Monsieur Lindsay has a point. The ‘working class’ and its lassiez faire attitude are wonderfully accomodating to the naturally curious, inclined to study and research. There is thaat freedom to go where you want, without the pressure of parents and there ‘know better’ attitude. These people are few and far in between.

Where this fails is when it concerns the less studious types, like my younger brother, who is turning out to be the ‘dumb jock’ stereotype. In these cases, the hands on approach busy body approach of the middle class parents.

I guess the ‘working class’ is social strata is where our indispensible tradies come from; where would we be without them? So fiddling with this might endanger our supply of these guys, further heightening our ’skills shortage’.

It all comes down to the image of labour being a pursuit for those who do poorly academically; a stigma of anti-intellectualism if you will. Interesting tid-bit: Hitler was quite big on the idea of glamourising labour; the ‘Socialism’ part of ‘National Socialsim’, I guess.

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