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- noun Plural form of
underclass .
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Examples
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Texan here - I've spent most of my life around one or the other of our two 'underclasses'.
Immigration: Seeing is Understanding, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We didn't have "underclasses" when corrupt oligarchs arranged for troops to shoot Americans in the streets a century ago to "protect" the oligarchs?
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We didn't have "underclasses" when we had slavery?
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We didn't have "underclasses" when corrupt oligarchs arranged for troops to shoot Americans in the streets a century ago to "protect" the oligarchs?
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We didn't have "underclasses" when we had slavery?
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We didn't have "underclasses" when corrupt oligarchs arranged for troops to shoot Americans in the streets a century ago to "protect" the oligarchs?
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"underclasses" rarely have time to challenge what can be questionable authority, they are too busy trying to make a living.
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Top Boy, written by Ronan Bennett after extensive research into Hackney's underclasses, undoubtedly has authenticity.
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(But a lot of excellent philosophy has also come from the underclasses – like Jorge Amado from Brazil.)
It’s wrong to pay for sex–NYC Debate April 21 « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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The picked over bones being thrown down from the table are the bare minimum they calculate necessary to keep the underclasses away from the pitchforks.
Matthew Yglesias » Bush’s Cheese Tarriffs and the Trouble With “Buy American” 2009
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