The argument that some people are members of more than one
class at one time is called Contradictory Class Locations. This was developed
by Erik Wright and he means that a person’s position in the class structure can
really create contradictory interests. The gist of this argument is that if a person
rises from a lower class to a higher, that person’s interests will be different
than the ones who started at the high class. In this picture my boyfriend is in
his suit holding a server book ready to take an order. This is an example of
Contradictory Class Location because he started out with the company as a
server and moved himself up to management over the last three years. While all
the other managers tend to leave servers out to fend for themselves while they take
care of the kitchen, my boyfriend is always really behind his servers in
everything they do. He understands what they are feeling because that is where
he came from. This would indicate he is a member of two classes; the management class and the server class. He’s a prime example of a Contradictory Class Location.
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