Example sentences for: underclass

How can you use “underclass” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This is one reason why the "underclass," as measured by scholars such as William Julius Wilson, Isabel Sawhill, and Ron Mincy, has been a majority-black problem.

  • He was expected to use his position as head of the National Economic Council and later as treasury secretary to redirect federal resources toward inner cities and the underclass.

  • (If every able-bodied, unemployed man and woman in the black underclass tried to get a job back in 1993 when Magnet's book came out, could the labor market have readily absorbed them all?

  • The authors are critical of those who, in their view, exaggerate the significance of white racism, the significance of the black underclass, and the extent to which blacks remain outsiders.

  • Yes, even if the underclass shrinks through assimilation, the problem of the working poor will still be with us.


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