Chav's - Challenging the problem of prejudice

Prejudice is universal - It is almost inevitable, however is it right? The social identity of a Chav has been the hub of numerous middleclass jokes and titters. Are we only happy when we are pointing the finger and laughing at those perceived to be less fortunate? I say those perceived to be less fortunate because perhaps they aren't, maybe we are.....

Definition of a Chav as outlined in the Urban Dictionary:
More common than flys around shit, often wear burberry and are mistaken for intelligent life. Many of these sub-speiced humaniods gather around sertain locations about the towns and cities of Gloustershire, the most common of all locations is McDonalds. Easily spotted, look for fake gold, the ord Nike on clothing. Listen for the mispronouciation of childs words.e.g isn't it, this is spoken as innit, and Friend becomes mush, or bruv, though many of them say they could "fukin batter ya" most of them couldn't even batter a fish. To spot a chav, be it male or female, (there is very little difference between the two) look for hair that is shorter than freshly cut grass, the inability to grow over 5 ft and the lack of education. If approuched by one of these humaniod Twats, simply reply with a smart comment or use a big word, such as car, or bus, or floor, mostly they will become confused and walk off, in rare occasions the have been known to attempt to harm people to little effect. It is well known that chavs have little or no friends, just a "crew" of mockly idiotic fools with brand name clothes and there trousers tucked into there socks, also see pikey or townie. Do not be fooled by there Humanoid looks, they are of another race, mainly scum

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Judging by the spelling mistakes, I could be unsympathetic to the person that wrote this definition taking into account that they are mocking Chav's for not having an education!

My observations are that Chav's are suffering from an inaccurate negative stereotype because more often than not they have a lower socio-economic status than the average Joe Blogs in the UK. We stereotype people or pigeon hole them (for want of a better word) because our minds process the idea of a stereotype far easier than trying to understand the individual makeup of a singular person.

Stereotyping people can be unforgiving. - For example: What stereotype are you?

Scratch the surface and no doubt you will be pleasantly surprised by the person in front of you.

Oh, and another thing.... Look on in envy because most of the people that I know who fit the Chav stereotype are as happy as pigs in shit. - Could you say the same?