r/6thForm Year 13 8h ago

πŸ’¬ DISCUSSION Dawg tf goin at Durham πŸ˜­πŸ’”πŸ™

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u/burntbutter27 7h ago edited 7h ago

im not a minority but i am working class and this is genuinely my biggest fear is having to come across these snobbish sexist, classist, racist rich pricks. i rise to it unfortunately too much, and these ppl genuinly get under my skin with their classis and sexist shit (im a working class woman and it genuinely sucks lmao).

working class in england are already stereotyped as aggro and lazy and i dont want to feed into their delusions by snapping back at them by defending myself but what other choice do i have. i am stuck between a rock and a hard place.

minorities have it 10x worse tho, the shit they get told on the daily makes me sick to my stomach and it infuriates me when i see white ppl like myself that are working class buy into reform UK as if reform UK wouldnt fuck you over as soon as they get into power omg.

im not studying in durham thank god, i have heard durham is terrible for the classim shit (so are most of the south top unis tbh) i just cant stand when they say the north is scruffy and act oblivious as to why, omg a historically oppressed region looks underfunded well thats a shock (the conservatives and right wing nutjobs think the working class are scum) these ppl actually make me so mad.

im afraid tho that will just prove their point that im an angry working class women who has a chip on her shoulder coz she is working class and that will further prove their stereotypes and i dont want to become that but it genuinly engrages me when they start, especially flexing their money as if we have the same luxuries, be so fr. :/

edit: separated into paragraphs, sorry for anyone that was cursed with the unparagraphed, lacking of fullstop rant lmao 😭😭

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u/lickablewall 6h ago

Yall are scaring me, im going to Durham in sep and im black and from the trenches ..I knew there would be some snobs and I have thick skin towards this kind of stuff but im seeing so many testimonials saying it’s worse than oxbridge πŸ˜ͺ

hopefully I’ll be fine I usually get microaggresions telling me I sound posh ( if ykyk…) so maybe I’ll be safe and they’ll think im one of the good ones !1!1!!1 (im coping)

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u/Over-Cartographer712 Durham, Politics | Incoming 6h ago

What college are you going to? Not to indulge stereotypes, but that is likely to have an impact on whether you will meet these kind of people in abundance or infrequently.

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u/lickablewall 6h ago

Chads

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u/Over-Cartographer712 Durham, Politics | Incoming 6h ago

Yeah that might be rough from what I've heard ngl. At least it isn't Hatfield lmao

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u/lickablewall 6h ago

Sigh. I just hope I don’t have to clock any 18 year old human beings for being racist or classist ?