Class Mobility and Reproduction for Black and White Adults in the United States

A Visualization

Bibliographic Data

ID2423955
AuthorsD Laurison (0000-0001-8221-0535, Swarthmore College, corresponding author), D M Dow (0000-0002-6311-8570, University of Maryland, College Park), Dawn Dow (0000-0001-6010-4766), Carolyn Chernoff (0000-0001-6376-7928, Moore College of Art and Design)
Year2020
Volume6
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2378023120960959
OpenAlexW3092316450
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited2

The relationship between where people start out in life (class origin) and where they are likely to end up (class destination) is central to any question about the fairness of contemporary society. Yet we often don't have a good picture-literally or metaphorically-of the contours of that relationship. Further, work on class mobility in the United States often glosses over the large differences between white and Black Americans' class positions and mobility trajectories. This visualization, based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, shows the association between occupational class origin and destination for Black and white employed Americans ages 25 to 69. Stark racial inequality, produced by the legacy and ongoing operation of white supremacy, is evident in each aspect of these figures

Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economics · Inequality · Panel Study of Income Dynamics · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Reproduction · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Working class · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Mathematics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Artificial Intelligence

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