100%. I grew up in a council home with a single mother who worked 2 jobs. She was forever working her backside off to make us “presentable” and not adhere to any stereotypes. Our home was always spotless, school uniform beautifully ironed, and she was always making sure I spoke “proper English” (which I now recognise as problematic)Exactly if they lived on a council estate looking like that people would be calling the mum a woman and every other name under the sun
She was always super conscious of us looking undeserving, trashy or basically being stereotyped in any way.
Middle class people get away with SO much, it really pisses me off
Edit: I also remembered it was about how we dressed too! She used to always make sure I was dressed smartly when I went out, if I had PE at school she didn’t like me coming home in my tracksuit, and lord help me if my school tie wasn’t done properly
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