Woke to Unwoke
Please join us for an author’s luncheon
and book signing with
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Author of
Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed Working Men and Women
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
12pm
Palio Trattoria Italiana
640 Sacramento Street
San Francisco
Who is the American working class? Do they still have a fair shot at the American Dream?
What do they think about their chances to secure the hallmarks of a middle-class life?
While writing this book, Batya Ungar-Sargon visited states across the nation to speak with members of the American working-class fighting tooth and nail to survive. In Second Class, working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations share their stories—cleaning ladies, health care aides, cops, truck drivers, fast food workers, electricians, and more. In their own words, these working-class Americans explain the struggles and triumphs of their increasingly precarious lives—as well as what policies they think would improve them. Second Class combines deep reporting with a look at the data and expert opinion on America’s emergent class divide, in which the most basic elements of a secure and stable life are increasingly out of reach for those without a college education.
