This ingroup-outgroup bias means that the direction of snobbishness isn’t necessarily from the haves to the have-nots. People with lower status, education, and income who show reverse snobbishness sneer at people who have what they don’t. We only have to think back to former Vice President Spiro Agnew’s famous remark about “effete intellectual snobs,” an ironic insult that represents a case of reverse snobbery. The them-vs.-you mentality in this type of behavior helps reinforce barriers that keep people from seeing their similarities rather than their differences.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:16:00 +0000
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