HWTMYF TAKES

This chapter reveals classism as one of the most enduring and invisible systems of domination. Rather than focusing solely on wealth, the author exposes class as a cultural mindset rooted in history, language, and power. What I liked most about the chapter is that the historical tracing of Anglo-Saxon and WASP dominance is illuminating. It helped me understand how class hierarchy persists through values, institutions, and internalised beliefs rather than force alone. My key takeaways are that class oppression is sustained psychologically as much as economically, the poor are often blamed for conditions they did not create, social mobility myths conceal structural inequality, and a truly classless society requires dismantling inherited ideas of superiority, not merely redistributing resources.