What?
Who evaluates class by the activity you do when you get off of work? I've literally never heard of that before.
Then it means you don't know much about class.
And that goes for a lot of you brehs judging by the reactions from my comment.
Everything about you is evaluated with respect to class.
The way you speak.
The way you dress.
How you eat.
Where you live.
Where you grew up.
Where you went to school.
The job you have.
The car you drive.
Your hobbies.
Your values.
Your taste.
Whom you marry.
How you spend your free time.
Where you travel/go on vacation.
Your fitness level.
What books you read.
Your class informs all of this.
Class is about values, taste, upbringing and lifestyle.
Your money informs all of this, of course, but people don't see your money, they see all the stuff above.
And that's how they evaluate you.
In many elite industries, they evaluate candidates for jobs based on whether they are a "good fit/good cultural fit".
That's nothing but coded words for whether they are a good "class fit" especially if you're in an industry that deals with high net worth individuals.
A lot of black people have a hard time with this because "good cultural fit" can seem to be very arbitrary and vague.
But because many black folk like you don't seem to understand class, they never get it, and will just come to the very reductionist conclusion that you have to be white conforming or white-washed to get the job.
In my previous example with the three corporate brehs, if they applied to work at my investment firm, breh 1 would be rejected off rip and deemed not a good cultural fit. It would be because he doesn't spend his off-time productively or in a manner that "upper middle class" people deem productive. He, on the other hand, because he doesn't understand class, would walk away from the rejection thinking the company is racist.
Breh 2 would be considered and given an interview. He spends his off-time being active which means he cares about his physical health. He has a membership at Equinox which isn't cheap, and he plays in a basketball league which means he likes to be social and interact with people outside of work. It also demonstrates that he's a team player. This makes him a little bit more dynamic than breh 1. But basketball is "typically" viewed as a working class sport so spending so much time particpating in that activity may be a red flag especially when many investments firms rely on employees to bring in new clients. What type of high net worth clients can this person bring in from relationships that he fostered through playing basketball?
Breh 3 would immediately be considered. He plays golf in his off-time which means he most likely has access to a country club, where membership is costly, and golf typically attracts a higher net worth crowd. This means he has access to a higher net worth network through his hobbies than brehs 1&2. That would be gold for an investment firm which is always trying to attract higher net worth individuals for clients. It also means he has something in common with the current wealthy clients of the firm and it would be easier to foster deeper relationships with them moreso than brehs 1&2. Breh 3 is essentially the right "cultural" fit for the firm.
That's class in a nutshell.
Money also doesn't necessary correllate with class.
You can be high income but low class.
You can be low income but high class.
Again, class is informed by shared lifestyles, values, upbringing and taste.
The mistake that many of you all make is thinking income has a 1:1 relationship with class and it absolutely does not.
And the people that think like this, off rip, you can tell come from a lower/working class background.
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