Jane Fonda

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

American Actress

Andrew Neil

Most children of the underclass are born out of wedlock; relationships are fleeting and unstable (which ensures that what is born into the underclass stays in the underclass). This is a world in which there are almost no worthwhile male role models, which is a disaster when boys turn to youths.

British Journalist

Henry Louis Gates

It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.

American Critic

Rush Limbaugh

Liberals talk about the 'income inequality' and the 'unfairness' and the disparity of the haves and the have-nots in New York City. Who has been running that city for all this time? Who has created the underclass in this country? It's the Democrat Party.

American Entertainer

David A. Clarke, Jr.

Don't blame the police for having to deal aggressively due to underclass dysfunctional lifestyles brought on by failed liberal Democrat policies that keep blacks mired in a position of living life at the bottom.

American Public Servant

Stephen Moore

The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers.

American Writer

Ari Melber

Progressive bloggers should not only write on behalf of the members of America's underclass but also empower them to join the discussion.

American Journalist

Eric Liu

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

Zygmunt Bauman

This awful concept of underclass is really horrifying. You're not lower class, you are excluded - outside.

Polish Sociologist

Maxine Peake

We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.

English Actress

Indicates a group's lower position in social hierarchy based on wealth, education, or occupation.

Social Status

Refers to societal challenges such as poverty and lack of access to education that affect the underclass.

Socioeconomic Issues

May sometimes imply a judgment or stereotype, used carefully to avoid offense.

Negative Connotation

 to the market town to get that information and come back, then they'd load the cart. Today they're saving half a day's labor with a two minute phone call. So this empowerment of the underclass is the real result of India being connected.

Underclass