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Q 2.18 Allison According to Allison, why do the middle class look down on and negatively stereotype the poor? 1. Write a short intro where you respond to the question in one or two sentences (keep in mind the project themes). 2. In the body of your response support your answer by referring to a specific passage from the reading in your own words. 3. Keep in mind the guidelines for understanding the reading and writing a good post. 4. Comment on one other post, elaborating, clarifying, or giving examples. 5. Extra points for responding to a comment on your initial post.

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The middle class look down on and negatively stereotype the poor because they want to feel superior over them. The middle class feels this way because of how the poor community is forced to live and the type of poor decisions they make, even though statistics show that middle-class families are more likely to make these types of mistakes 2 times more than any class, like for example having a baby young, the only difference is that the poor community is promoted a lot more in society. In the passage, "A question of class" by Dorothy Allison, it states "I understood that we were the bad poor: