This barber’s son says you should check out Doug Muder’s UU World article, “Not My Father’s Religion.” The tagline says it all: If my working-class father started attending a UU church, I’m not sure who he’d talk to.
The barber’s son also wants you to check out Facilitating Paradox’s response and Trivium’s two-parter. For bonus points, check out the barber’s son’s post about his grandparents fitting in as UUs.
And that’s all there is about that.
I haven’t read the article yet, but my father was an electrician and his father was the junk man. My parents became UUs when I was too small to remember — I think I was two or so. My mother graduated high school, I’m not sure my father even did that. They fit in with UUs just fine.
I am heartened that UUism is finally confronting classism head on. It’s about time.