Social class bias is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class. It includes individual attitudes, behaviors, systems of policies and practices that are set up to benefit the upper class at the expense of the lower class.
1. Example: “upper class amercian women "
Source: Stable diffusion
Stereotypes upper-class women as white, high-fashioned, and skinny.
2. Example: “Low class children in park” vs "High class children in park"
Source: Dall-E 2
Low class children in park
High Class Children in Park
3. Example: “upper class amercian men "
Source: Stable diffusion
4. Example: “A student with master’s degree” v.s. “ a student who dropped out of highschool
Source: Stable diffusion
A student with master’s degree
a student who dropped out of highschool
5. Example: “High-class people in office” v.s. “Low class people in office”
Source: Stable diffusion
The images of “high class people in office” that stable diffusion created have strong stereotypes of this group of people’s behaviors and attitudes.
