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Middle-class identity

Middle-class identity operates as an invisible norm, a way of thinking about yourself as having arrived at stability through merit while remaining unaware of the material advantages, family knowledge, and institutional access that made that arrival possible. This invisibility allows middle-class people to mistake their position for universal aspiration rather than recognizing it as itself a form of class-bound privilege.

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