The Persses were related to the Percys of Northumberland, and, as Tóibín remarks, "she was a landlord's daughter... steeped in the attitudes of her class".
His policies, if properly carried out, might very well improve their chances in life, but in the end he is more likely to influence the racial attitudes of middle-class blacks and younger white Americans.
The story, which depicts a 19-year-old artist's sexual encounter with another man, was a deliberate attempt to shake up the conventional attitudes of middle-class African Americans.
The concert revival, directed by Leigh Silverman, with exquisite musical supervision of a country-gospel ensemble and choir by Michael Rafter, doesn't soften Violet's rougher edges or disguise the racism of the hard-bitten, attitudes of working-class Southern culture during the civil rights era.
For things to change in the long-term, we need something even more challenging: the total upheaval of deep-rooted attitudes to class in this country.
Somebody that actually tattoos would probably freak out if they came up here, but that's part of it, part of the "fuck it" attitude of No Class.
This layer of society, which to an extent influences Russian policy and the attitudes of our ruling class, is keenly interested in restoring friendly bilateral ties.
In an earlier age, many of the drivers were aristocrats — Siamese princes, German barons, Belgian counts, American department store heirs, English aristocrats — who raced with ascots and bow ties, and who disported themselves with the devil-may-care attitudes of a privileged class.
Many studies have looked at the definition, social functions, political attitudes, and consumer attitudes of the middle class.
Occupational backgrounds have proven to be stronger predictors of many political attitudes than other markers of class, like education and income.
