Class is an injustice that says some Americans deserve much more time, leisure, control, and far more financial reward than others. Classism is the set of myths and beliefs that keep those class divisions intact, that is, the belief that working class cultures and people are inherently inferior and that class itself demonstrates who the hardest workers and the rightful winners are. My concern in this book is to highlight how culture plays into class, and especially classism. By “culture” I mean a constellation of accepted values, customs, mores, attitudes, styles, behaviors, and, especially,
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