Resources on Social Class

On this page you will find resources on social class. If you have additional resources that you would like to submit for consideration for this page please email [email protected].

• 6 Charts Showing Race Gaps within the American Middle Class

• A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility

• Defining the Middle Class: Cash, Credentials, or Culture?

• How Are Income and Wealth Linked to Health and Longevity?

• Impacts of Socioeconomic Status

• Social Class in American Society by Milton J. Gordon

• Social Class in the United States

• Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton

• The Impacts of Social Class

• The Intersection of Class and Identities  

• The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity by Michael Marmot

• Trends in Income and Wealth Inequality  

• Video: Income and Wealth Inequality

• Wealth and Racial Stratification  

• What is Classism?

• Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks