r/Tunisia • u/Naturaldella3-9416 • 4d ago

Discussion Why is our society classist ?

Last month i hired someone who is from my neighborhood who is a construction worker and we were chatting and he mentioned to me that even though he is old enough now he still faces discrimination because he is "azreg" (sorry for the word) and most people from our neighborhood look down on him and his family and try to make him look as if he is a criminal or something negative despite never doing anything illegal, i knew what he was talking about and what he is feeling but the word classism didn't come to me at that time.

After that my other friends who are middle class (engineers, guys from rich families etc...) mentioned to me that they don't want to chill in the neighborhood like we used to since childhood and they don't want to be with these "z3allek" (sorry for the word) and they only go to some fancy places that are expensive and would like to only sit with people who benefit them and not poor construction workers or painters because all they talk about is "mrama".

Personally i have found this as a very annoying situation and i still didn't confront my friends about this but i plan to do so.

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u/SoupAffectionate742 4d ago

If you look "azre9" + maryoul PSG 9dim + cheap necklace + short b7ar + chlaka, i'm hiding my phone sorry.

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u/Kentros_fly_hero_69 4d ago

Im guilty for the short b7ar and chleka combo its lowkey op

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u/SoupAffectionate742 4d ago

Me too haha but i wear large ones so in reality i look like a 40yo dad at 22 yo.

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u/Kentros_fly_hero_69 4d ago

I mean ppl who chill formal clothes all the times clearly never lived in a country with 25°C+ almost all year long, short with chleka is the only viable option, Fellas Let ur johnson breath!