Rich Wont Tell You
When it comes to talking about earnings and expenditures many are rather private about it. We tend to assume most people who choose not to mention it, are those who are struggling and on the other hand, those who do have money to spend, are more open and tend to brag about it . Yet the odd thing is that according to Rachel Sherman from the New York Times in her article, “What The Rich Won’t Tell You”, she states that rich people aren’t always what we think they are. Discovering that they were not what society typically projects them to be, that they are not all snobby or extremely zealous about their wealth. This connects to how our prejudices and stereotypes are what influence us to believe how certain people act, creating this hate towards
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Within that study, she mentions a certain interview with a woman who generated a wealth of over $50 million with her husband working through finance. As the woman talked about her income and spendings she was rather uncomfortable. Mentioning that, “There’s nobody who knows how much we spend. You’re the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud.” (Sherman 3). This was seen throughout the interviews, as how the interviewees were quite uncomfortable with sharing their earnings yet still went on with the process. So why is it, that we tend to assume that rich people are snobby and show offs who don’t live regular lives. In the book Real Communication: An Introduction, it most likely comes from how we were raised at home or the type of people we are surrounded by as we grew up. Having a biased perception and making us believe these stereotypes towards rich people which then generate this hate towards them. This can be known as a selective perception, meaning that there is a certain idea that an individual believes in and ignores the other aspects of a situation. Therefore, those who assume that all rich people are snobby or spoiled, tend to forget that some rich people went through multiple obstacles in order to be as successful as they are. After mentioning the challenges of
Within that study, she mentions a certain interview with a woman who generated a wealth of over $50 million with her husband working through finance. As the woman talked about her income and spendings she was rather uncomfortable. Mentioning that, “There’s nobody who knows how much we spend. You’re the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud.” (Sherman 3). This was seen throughout the interviews, as how the interviewees were quite uncomfortable with sharing their earnings yet still went on with the process. So why is it, that we tend to assume that rich people are snobby and show offs who don’t live regular lives. In the book Real Communication: An Introduction, it most likely comes from how we were raised at home or the type of people we are surrounded by as we grew up. Having a biased perception and making us believe these stereotypes towards rich people which then generate this hate towards them. This can be known as a selective perception, meaning that there is a certain idea that an individual believes in and ignores the other aspects of a situation. Therefore, those who assume that all rich people are snobby or spoiled, tend to forget that some rich people went through multiple obstacles in order to be as successful as they are. After mentioning the challenges of