>An $150k
>software engineer lives by selling his work - but he does not have the
>attributes of the American blue collar vernacular and may be even
>foreign-born, so he "aint' one of us" hence he is a yuppie not a working
>class.
Ok, so I haven't gotten to the gym yet.
Why do you accept the definition of US working class as "blue collar" and native-born (and, reading between the lines, white)? Why not Latino janitors or Chinese-born waitresses? Why not cable TV installers of any demographic?
Doug