In the box on upward social mobility on page 82, we discussed how Latinos face a similar situation. ...

In the box on upward social mobility on page 82, we discussed how Latinos face a similar situation. Why do you think this is? What connections do you see among upward mobility, frustration, and racial–ethnic identity? How do you think that the upward mobility of whites is different? Why?

The overview of social class presented in this chapter doesn’t apply equally to all the groups that make up U.S. society. Consider geography: What constitutes the upper class of a town of 5,000 people will differ from that of a city of a million. In small towns, which have fewer extremes of wealth and occupation, family background and local reputation are more significant. So it is with racial–ethnic groups. All racial–ethnic groups  are marked by social class, but what constitutes a particular social class can differ from one group to another—as well as from one historical period to another.