“the most lovable of exceptional American qualities (is) our tradition of insisting that we are part of the middle class, even if we aren’t, and of interacting with our fellow citizens as if we were all middle class.” CultureClassHumility Book:Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 Source: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
“The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class by 1960.” CultureCompetitionMiddle ClassMeritocracyStratification Book:Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 Source: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010