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richsplaining

(of a a rich person) to comment on or explain something about those who are not rich (especially about those in poverty) in a condescending, overconfident, and often blatantly prevaricating. May be directed at person on how they should elevate themselves, in such a manner as to make apparent that wealthy person's lack of understanding of the realities of people that make less than middle class, especially the dynamics involved in economics for those in poverty.
They tend to focus on bad things that happen to other rich people like them and greatly understate when it occurs to those of lower economic standing and understating the extent of harms. includes attributing police confrontations, such as getting arrested and or shot, for criminal nature, rather than a tendency for law enforcement officers to arrest or shoot people of colorwhile simultaneously tending not to do so to other white individuals (especially rich individuals that might claim affluenza in such a case).
Often a very strong example of actor observer bias found in affluent populations.

Compare and contrast mansplaining where, instead of a rich person with no understanding of the dynamics of poverty talking down to a poor person, it's a man that might have some insight into a subject, talking down to a woman, thinking they're having an argument and explaining to a woman that already knows the information and, occasionally, turns out to be an expert in the field.
"If you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem" Ben Shapiro richsplaining the mistake of accepting jobs to pay bills.

"It's been told that we are living through an epidemic of racially biased police shootings of black men. This, too, is false." - Heather Mac Donald: Thin, old white woman safely ensconced on her gated community richsplaining her disbelief over police violence.

"if you're poor stop being poor" - former New York Stock Exchange managing director Todd Wilemon richsplaining
richsplaining by b_b_OK September 21, 2019

Resplain 

Restating and explaining again and again and again a point or topic or some piece of information that a person should already know.
Tom was asked to attend a recurring meeting that he already had attended previously. In talking to Tom we had resplain the meeting and the purpose.
Resplain by Petee5 May 6, 2012

Richsplaining

Richsplaining: When a person who hasn't experienced poverty gives you patronizing advice on how to get out of poverty.

Working one job full-time for minimum wage will NOT get you out of a homeless shelter. But if you work two jobs, you will be late for check-in and the shelter won't let you in.
"You should just get a job if you don't want to be homeless" Richsplaining to the beggar.
Richsplaining by TommH December 26, 2017

niksplain 

when person named Nik explains stuff before the finals.
please Nik, niksplain us your knowledge
niksplain by lunar.cia December 20, 2021

richsplain 

to explain how poor people should behave, while rich.
Listen to Ben Carson richsplain poverty: "I think poverty to a large extent is also a state of mind. You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there. And you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you could give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom."
richsplain by BoudinFatal November 3, 2017

Redsplain 

When a conservative explains a political, social, or governmental concept to a progressive in a condescending way while advocating their political slant on facts
Did you hear Sarah redsplain to me the function of the Electoral College and how it is necessary to our republic?
Redsplain by JenRaA November 12, 2016
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