Education and Social Class
Children from wealthier families often attend school in these areas.
Suburban Neigborhoods
This "American" concept is the belief that anyone can rise in social class through hard work and determination.
American Dream
In low-income families, older siblings often take on this type of role to help with household responsibilities.
Caregiving
Families in lower social classes are more likely to rely on jobs with this type of pay structure, which often lacks benefits like healthcare.
Hourly wage
Children in lower-income families are more likely to experience this type of trauma, which can lead to long-term emotional and psychological effects.
Child Abuse
Standarized test, often used for college admissions.
SAT or ACT
This term refers to when individuals improve their social class compared to their parents.
In wealthier families, children are more likely to receive this type of financial assistance well into adulthood.
Financial Support, or trust fund
A lack of access to this type of unpaid leave makes it difficult for low-income parents to take time off for family emergencies.
Medical leave
High levels of poverty and inequality in a community can contribute to this form of violence, often involving groups fighting for control over territory.
Gang Violence
This federal school program often provides lunch to low income households.
National School Lunch Program
This concept refers to a situation where no matter how hard one works, they remain stuck in their social class due to systemic barriers.
Poverty Trap
Families in lower social classes often share this type of housing arrangement, involving extended relatives to save costs.
Multigenerational housing
Wealthier families are more likely to have jobs with this type of flexibility, allowing for better work-life balance.
Remote work
This form of violence is common in low-income areas, often involving physical force used by authorities, like police, against marginalized communities.
Police Brutality
This term describes the gap in academic achievement that often exists between students from high-income and low-income families.
Achievement Gap
Families with higher incomes are more likely to pass down this, making it easier for their children to maintain or improve their social class.
Wealth
In working-class families, this type of division often sees fathers as primary earners and mothers as caretakers.
Gender roles
Families in lower social classes often face this phenomenon, where they work multiple jobs but still struggle to meet basic needs.
The working poor
This type of violence is often experienced by people in lower social classes, where discrimination or prejudice leads to physical harm or intimidation.
Hate crime
Wealthier families are more likely to afford this type of supplementary education service, which can improve test scores and academic performance.
Private Tutoring
This term describes how a person’s social class is often influenced by the class they are born into.
Social Status
In many families, this daily task is often assigned to children, teaching them responsibility from an early age.
Chores
This term describes the divide between workers who have stable, high-paying jobs with benefits and those who rely on low-wage, precarious employment.
Dual Labor Market
In communities with high poverty, this form of violence often occurs between groups fighting for control over limited resources, such as territory or drug markets.
Gang Violence