Welsh1Da

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The word Chav is still being used by British people, when it's derogatory, classist shorthand for working class British lads and it's not even subtle... in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

They are part of the typical attire of working class lads, yes.

The word Chav is still being used by British people, when it's derogatory, classist shorthand for working class British lads and it's not even subtle... in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
The word Chav is still being used by British people, when it's derogatory, classist shorthand for working class British lads and it's not even subtle... in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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The word Chav is still being used by British people, when it's derogatory, classist shorthand for working class British lads and it's not even subtle... (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by Welsh1Da@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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The so called "Chav" uniform - tracksuits, gold chains, caps and trainers, is literally just the standard uniform of British working class lads, so it's not even subtle..chav is a slur, not a subculture. The idea it is a subculture was a media fabrication.

Some restaurants have banned "sportswear" which also happens to specifically ban baseball caps, tracksuits, as well as certain brands of trainers. It's essentially a "working class lads are not welcome here" sign.

Britain has a huge classism problem.

It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's the getup of the average white working class lad. Are you suggesting that the working class are all into drug-dealing?

It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world -1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Chav is a slur, not a subculture. It's derogatory shorthand for the white working class.

Why do you suppose extreme classism is such an issue in Britain to this day, when it was white, working-class British people who fundamentally built modern Britain? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't realise you couldn't post to multiple communities to get a wider array of answers, unless I'm misunderstanding you.

It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Based on?

It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What is wrong with tracksuits, exactly?

It's disturbing how extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] Welsh1Da@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

It is the typical getup among white, working-class British lads, though. Just like in an American suburb, the typical getup would probably be something like a T-shirt and a pair of shorts.

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Why is extreme classism is so accepted in modern day Britain, when it is the British working class that fundamentally built modern Britain? (lemmy.world)
 

The disdain, distrust, and dehumanisation aimed at lads in tracksuits, gold, and caps - the classic white, working-class British outfit, is absurd. Restaurant bans on these clothes are just a thinly veiled way of saying “white, working-class lads are not welcome here.” People talk with such hostility you’d think their families were devoured by tracksuit wearers, yet it’s this very British working class that fundamentally built modern Britain.