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- The relationship between race, ethnicity, and social class is complex, showing that the impact of being working or middle class varies significantly across different racial and ethnic groups.
- * Research indicates that while racial/ethnic minorities may not benefit as much from higher social class in terms of social, psychological, and economic advantages, they can experience protective effects in areas like health compared to their lower-class counterparts.
- * The evidence suggests that social class and race/ethnicity are intertwined factors that shape people’s experiences, advantages, and disadvantages in society rather than acting as separate entities.
Article Abstract
At the intersection of race and class the consequences of being working-class or middle-class are not so Black and White. Rather, established and emerging research suggests that race/ethnicity and social class intersect to differentially afford benefits and burdens. For instance, racial/ethnic minorities often do not reap the social, psychological or economic benefits of higher social class; yet, in some key life domains (e.g. health and mortality) racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S. seem to be buffered from some burdens of lower social class. We integrate empirical evidence to suggest that such differential advantages and disadvantages along racial lines reflect that social class exists alongside, rather than separate from, race/ethnicity as two distinct yet intersecting sources of rank and in turn selves.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.029 | DOI Listing |
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