shortage of options for, 15 , 23 , 75– 76
by working-class vs. elite men, 80
children
born outside marriage, 41
cousins in social lives of, 40
elites’ talk with, 28– 29
of other families, working class caring for, 39
parenting approaches to, 53– 57
poverty among, 3 , 102
civics education, 105– 106
civil liberties, 116
civil rights legislation, 122– 123
class. See also elites; middle class; poor, the; working class
as cultural tradition, 12
definitions and use of terms for, 9– 12
education as proxy for, 12 , 43
shared language for, lack of, 11
class callousness, 2 , 130
class cluelessness
benefits of ending, 110– 112
among politicians, 12 , 73 , 121– 122
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