The article explores how certain behaviors, conversation styles, vocabulary, and exclusive experiences signal an individual's social class. Dani Payne highlights that besides visible markers like wealth, nuanced indicators reveal class background. Behaviors relating to polite conversation that avoid discussions about money and wealth, a well-edited vocabulary suggesting education, and participation in elite experiences, such as attending operas or ski holidays, are significant. Furthermore, Payne emphasizes that knowledge advantages, particularly in navigating educational and professional pathways, often differentiate upper and middle-class children from their working-class peers.
"There are lots of different ways that someone might signal that they're part of a certain class background," said a woman named Dani Payne, who has a background in education and politics, in a recent TikTok video.
"But it's also what are you talking about, what's polite conversation. Do you know it's extremely impolite to ask about money and wealth, etc."
"Are you well-read and well-spoken? A lot of these things signal an allegiance to a certain class structure," the content creator explained.
Payne asked in her video, "What do upper and middle-class kids know that we don't teach working-class kids?"
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