bougie up! ghetto down!
By shag carpet bomb • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: Books, Class, Our Kind of People, RacializationIn my post on the book, The Myth of the French Bourgeoisie, I noted that Maza’s argument is in line with something others have noted about the marker “yuppie”. Its usage indicates that it’s an identity against which people nearly always define themselves in opposition. People don’t want to be called yuppies and, if they […]
