Culture Class: Flaite

It's said that Chile is very classist which I could agree with considering my experiences, but I have not found that it's any more classist than the United States. One cultural aspect of Chile is the use of the word "flaite". I think a good comparison would be that of the word "gay" in English in the way that it's used as a demeaning word towards something else. Also a good comparison would be "redneck" but the word "flaite" carries a much more negative connotation. Flaite is (link). This group that the upper class has labeled has a speech that is noticeably different and they are also identified by "flaite" clothing. The term is used to describe the people as well as parts of the city that are run down as well as anything that is bad. "That's so flaite" or just simply "flaite" is used quite frequently in Chilean speech. The "flaites" cannot be defined with a specific racial minority but rather from a different economic class. There are many youtube videos that make fun of flaites so just for educational purposes, I've included a link to one of these extremely classist videos (link). It does not seem to be viewed as a vulgar term to use or offensive term by most Chileans of the middle and upper class.