Your definition of "working poor" both works for me and includes me. Your definitions of "white collar" and "Professional class" work for me. "Working class" is the stickler. I finally looked it up and got the following definitions. Now I understand diabetes in context of "working class". Thank you.
Definitions of WORKING CLASS on the Web:
* The group of people generally identified in Marxist theory as the proletariat. Although they are in a struggle for power with the bourgeoisie, the members of the working class must, nonetheless, sell their labor to the bourgeoisie to produce the material needs for their society.
* Social class of industrial societies broadly composed of people involved in manual occupation. The bulk of these jobs are unskilled, poorly paid and provide few benefits or job security.
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Re: why?
Date: 2006-01-20 10:51 am (UTC)Definitions of WORKING CLASS on the Web:
* The group of people generally identified in Marxist theory as the proletariat. Although they are in a struggle for power with the bourgeoisie, the members of the working class must, nonetheless, sell their labor to the bourgeoisie to produce the material needs for their society.
* Social class of industrial societies broadly composed of people involved in manual occupation. The bulk of these jobs are unskilled, poorly paid and provide few benefits or job security.