<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Social class in the United States is a controversial issue, having many competing definitions, models, and even disagreements over its very existence . Many Americans believe in a simple three - class model that includes the "rich", the "middle class", and the "poor". More complex models that have been proposed describe as many as a dozen class levels; while still others deny the very existence, in the European sense, of "social class" in American society . Most definitions of class structure group people according to wealth, income, education, type of occupation, and membership in a specific subculture or social network . Most of the social classes entirely ignore the existence of parallel Black, Hispanic and minorities societies . </P> <P> Sociologists Dennis Gilbert, William Thompson, Joseph Hickey, and James Henslin have proposed class systems with six distinct social classes . These class models feature an upper or capitalist class consisting of the rich and powerful, an upper middle class consisting of highly educated and affluent professionals, a middle class consisting of college - educated individuals employed in white - collar industries, a lower middle class composed of semi-professionals with typically some college education, a working class constituted by clerical and blue collar workers whose work is highly routinized, and a lower class divided between the working poor and the unemployed underclass . </P>

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