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class mobility

Changing Classes, Changing Vacations

August 25, 2016 by Class Action Leave a Comment

I was born to two African-American strivers. My dad had been born poor and my mom came from people who had “clawed their way up,” according to my maternal granddad, from “dirt poor to lower-middle-class.” Family difficulties early in her life, however, meant that Mom grew up working-class instead. My parents shared a great love – […]

Filed Under: Cultural capital Tagged With: class cultures, class mobility, middle class, privilege, working class

Class Mobility – Climbing Up, Stepping Down

January 28, 2016 by Jodie Zisow Leave a Comment

I grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, the granddaughter of Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust and came to this country with nothing. My father grew up and worked in the same bakery where his Dad worked. His Mom was a seamstress. My Mom’s side was also working-class but slightly better off. Her dad, […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Your Stories Tagged With: class mobility

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