This is all very interesting for me to read, because I think a lot of what you say is true, but it is not something I stop to consider or think about much – class privilege is a biggie in society…it almost overrides all the other privileges, yet it is almost “invisible.” (I mean, people know it exists but it is hard to tease out the specifics of one’s own class-related privileges, a lot of the time).

Take your comment above about “middle class presentation.” As soon as I read that phrase, I recognized that that is a type of privilege I happen to have, due to where I grew up (in a middle to upper-middle class community), plus the level of education I have attained (graduate school).

Except I virtually never think about how to that presentation helps me (and, in certain situations I have been in amoung very wealthy people, harmed me too). I take it for granted that the way I present to others has “middle class” written all over it, from how I speak, to my overall appearance, to my hobbies/interests.

Anyway, thank you for writing this and making me more aware of those things I kind of take for granted, because to me, they are just “me.” (When in reality, who I am has been informed in even those small ways by where and how I was brought up.)