class privilege
Socioeconomic head start
Class privilege refers to the unearned advantages that come from belonging to a higher socioeconomic group—access to better education, healthcare, social networks, and opportunities that those from lower classes lack.
The term highlights how wealth and status compound across generations: Her class privilege meant unpaid internships were always an option.
Often invisible to those who have it.
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- generational wealthAssets passed through families
- eliteSuperior select group
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- boarding schoolResidential academic institution
trust fund · nepotism · entitlement · old money · country club · polo club · ivory tower · glass ceiling · white collar · gated community · pedigree · family name · old boys network · silver spoon · prep school · private school · finishing school · aristocracy
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, underclass, elite
- social classesnobles, aristocrats, underclass, peasants, elite
- class struggleproletariat, bourgeoisie, proletarian, Marxism, capitalist
- education inequalityachievement gap, inequality, opportunity gap, social mobility, disparity
- privilegeentitled, entitlement, elite, VIP, exclusive
- social justiceracial justice, economic justice, equal opportunity, disability justice, systemic racism
class privilegepoverty
Severe lack of resources
downward mobility · precarity · social exclusion · deprivation · structural inequality
class privilegemeritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
social mobility · equal opportunity · level playing field · hard work
class privilegeworking-class life
Existence of wage laborers
class, privilege, classes, classed, classing, classy, classism, classist, classic