SOC 225 Chapter 10 pt 1/3: Mantsios, Gregory. 2016. “Class in America” Pp. 144-159 in Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study
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144-159 in race, class, and gender in the united states: an. There has been an increase in class divides. Manifests itself in in a multitude of cultural and social ways. People tend not to talk about working class, upper class because to do so, you would have to talk about privilege and oppression. Avoidance of class-laden vocabulary crosses class boundaries instead, they refer to their race, ethnic group, or geographic location. The term middle class appears to be acceptable precisely because it mutes class differences. Designed to encompass and attract the broadest possible constituency. Many people refer to themselves as middle class thus do not have to face the fact that if they are upper class they can state upper middle class and imply that they"re not privileged rather hardworking. The idea that people believe their wealth gain is individualistic, where the lower and upper class are presented as though they have no casual relation to each other.
