What do you think about CLASSISM in America?
Image by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District
Familiar faces vie for table tennis glory
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building.
This year’s Pingpong Extravaganza men’s championship was held July 26, featuring a chili dog lunch to raise funds for and promote membership in the District-sponsored Toastmasters club.
“Another great year,” said Ed Louie, member of Essayons Toastmasters Club 988 and One-Alarm Chili chef. “We had some scheduling issues, so only the men’s final was held today.”
In the men’s division, it was an all-District final as ACE-IT contractor Bee Cha won three sets to one against David Coltharp of the asset management division.
Corps vs. Corps lined up as the women took the table on July 31. Perennial finalist and 2006 champion Rosa Ramirez, programs and project management division lost a hard fought battle to Roxanne Vidaurre, engineering division.
This fun rivalry got its start when Ed Louie attended a Toastmasters meeting in URS’ conference room and noticed a ping pong table in the patio area. A URS Toastmasters member asked him if he would like a quick game after the meeting. After the match, the two decided it would be fun if the district and URS challenge each other to a friendly ping pong match. From that point in 2006 to present, it’s two wins for URS men and five wins for the Corps men. For the women, its four wins for URS and two wins for the Corps women. The Corps is looking for future men and women players to join.
“If this year is any indication, the men and women of the Los Angeles District and URS Corporation will continue this friendly challenge, and I may have to add another ‘alarm’ to my chili,” added Louie.
Question by Trina: What do you think about CLASSISM in America?
It’s a fact that people are treated differently based on real or perceived socioeconomic status. So…
Which problem do you think is worse in America: racism or classism?
Are there characteristics about people that make you assume they are in a higher or lower class than you?
Lastly, what class do you think you fall into?
[Source Wikipedia.org]
:: Upper-upper class. “Old money.” Born into & raised with wealth
:: Lower-upper class. “New money.” Become rich within your lifetime.
:: Upper-middle class. (net worth above 250-500k) High-salaried professionals (doctor, lawyers, executive).
:: True-middle class. (net worth between 75-250k) Mid-level professionals (Professors, managers, architects)
:: Lower-middle class. Hourly workers and “worker bees” (police officers, office workers, retail)
:: Lower class. Blue-collar workers and manual labourers.
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Lower-Middle Class. When I stay in my box I see my equals. Occasionally I venture out, I can tell. Do I feel bad no. Do I feel bad that they have so much more, no. I do not have to follow the crowed or be pointed out if I do not conform. We in the lower section have the freedom to be ourselves where we are. The upper have the freedom to go somewhere else to be themselves. What I cannot tolerate is ignorance and the excuses. My father was born in a house with a dirt floor (lower class). I was born in a hospital, but we had an outhouse in the back yard (low-middle class). My kids do not know what it is like to live without air conditioning (Middle class). Maybe my future grandchildren will know nothing of eating just beans and rice when money is tight (Upper-middle class). Each generation in my family has done a little more than the one before, so why do so many others stay in the same low bracket?
tyingtobenice
September 25, 2012 at 5:19 pm
I guess I’d be lower class. It’s a problem about equal to racism. Actually I think the powers that be keep racism stirred up to keep the lower class folks too busy with each other to complain or make changes in the system that enslaves us. You know they say it takes money to make money. Well they make sure we stay in our places by paying us barely enough to live. Then the rest of society finishes us off by saying we are to blame for our circumstances. Of course I have a choice, if you can call it that. I can let strangers raise my children while I go to college, stripping at clubs to pay my way. I can pay that debt off for the rest of my life instead of buying a home. Some choices.
didyouhearthatfolks
September 25, 2012 at 5:50 pm