white-working-class

discrimination. See racism; sexism disruption, 20 divorce rates, 76 doctors potential use of technology, 94 working-class resent ...

elites. See also professional elites; rich, the antiracism norm among, 60– 63 approach to the poor vs. working class, 4 , 5 clas ...

entrepreneurial networks, 29 environmental policy, 116 equality gender, 74 , 76 , 77 , 80– 82 marriage, 32– 33 , 66 social, 4 , ...

social lives built around, 40 talk in, 28– 29 as top priority, 31– 33 , 80 family, as metaphor for coalitions, 112– 113 , 131 fa ...

as class divide, 28 , 30 government role in, 101 , 102 Food and Drug Administration, 101 food stamps, 21– 22 , 98 , 105 Forging ...

geographic mobility for college, 47– 49 for jobs, 35– 41 Germany blue-collar jobs in, 94 manufacturing in, 84 , 90 glass ceiling ...

hard work, value of, 17 , 18 t , 20 , 66 Harris, Angela, 130 Head Start, 14 health care under Medicare, 97 , 100 , 102 under Oba ...

on Limbaugh, 70 , 77– 78 on regulatory capture, 103 on whites’ sense of loss, 67– 70 on working-class women, 74 , 75 , 77– 78 ho ...

implicit association test, 60– 61 , 117 income of college graduates, 45 , 49 , 86 of elites, 10 , 91 of high school graduates, 4 ...

challenges and demands of working class, 14– 15 vs. character, in working-class values, 31 elite devotion to, 37– 38 , 57 , 77 f ...

on values of immigrants, 66 on values of working class, 17 , 17n, 19 , 31 , 111 Lareau, Annette on family in social lives, 40 on ...

on necessity of college, 84 patriotism among, 106 policy recommendations for, 114– 119 strategies for connecting with working cl ...

“Married... With Children” (television show), 2 masculinity among professional elites, 38 among working class, 80 , 91– 92 McCor ...

The Submerged State , 98 Microsoft, 94 middle class definitions and use of term, 9– 10 income of, 9– 10 self-identification as, ...

racism in assessments of, 61 , 63 white working class on, 16– 17 , 18 t , 111 mortgage interest deduction, 100 Muslim registry, ...

novelty, elites’ embrace of, 27– 28 nursing jobs, 93 Obama, Barack approval ratings of, 64 and class culture gap, 121– 122 educa ...

people of color. See also specific groups discrimination against ( see racism) false choice between white working class and, 71 ...

polarization of, 3– 4 , 130 poor, the definition and use of term, 11 geographic mobility of, 37 , 41 government benefits for, 21 ...

anger of white working class in, 3 , 6 educational level of voters in, 12 Electoral College in, 125– 126 Latino voters in, 110 m ...

racism among, 61– 62 , 63 social codes of, 45 stay-at-home motherhood among, 76– 77 values of ( see values) work devotion among, ...