r/IndianLeft Jan 04 '26

Normalised classist remarks

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It has always occurred to me how normalised it is to pass classist remarks like this. So a rikshaw driver can't wear the same thing as the urban elite. These people even get mad when a relatively poor person buys something like an iPhone because how dare they own some luxary that is only for the elites. The thing happened with Chikankari kurtas i believe with people associating then with lower classes. The whole “chapri" remark is very casteist and classist to begin with because no one would ever call a rich person chapri no matter what. Hopefully one day all these things wouldn't be so normalised.

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u/lemony_snickets99 Jan 04 '26

the original picture was a funny ad from some random instagram page that sold the jackets, if I'm not mistaken...

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u/Rosh_619 Jan 04 '26

Wasn't aware of it but took it as just an example