At 05:54 PM 7/6/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Or perhaps they are right. The working class is seen as and is a class in the
>>middle between the capitalists and the underclass.
>>
>>Rod
>
>What's the definition of the "underclass"? Poor people of color?
The "underclass" is a classic case of a lot of people being defined as "the
other." But as far as I can tell, the "underclass" is basically synonymous
with the "poor" (though the latter has an official government definition).
I think that though the media's fuzzy definition of the "underclass"
includes mostly those "of color" -- i.e., those whose color isn't pinkish
-- many of the poor folks _are_ pinkish in color. In fact, if I remember my
stats (Doug?), most poor people have skin colors that are seen as "white."
So the media's image of the poor "underclass" isn't accurate.
a pinko from way back,
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
