Classist attitudes in public policy can lead to hunger, disease, homelessness and other forms of deprivation. Sometimes, people who are poor or working class internalize the society's destructive beliefs and attitudes and turn them against themselves and others of their class.

Why is classism a problem?

The issue about classism is that those who are higher in class because of their wealth discriminate or have prejudice against those who are less fortunate. They tend to exclude lower class from anything that involves the upper, more wealthy class.

What role did the social classes play in society?

Social classes provide their members with distinctive sub-cultures that prepare them for specialised functions in society. It is said that the social class is useful as an efficient means of role allocation in the society. Through role allocation, a society fixes social responsibilities of persons.