Social Class Action Research What social class is in America? The great thing about being born an American citizen, is all men and women are born with the opportunity of freedom and equality. Not everyone, however, is given the same change to live out their American Dream because of the social identity he or she may possess. All Americans are not born into families having equal opportunities. Gollnick and Chinn defines classes as under, working, middle, upper middle, and upper. I will give you a brief definition of each type of class stated by Gollnick and Chinn. “Underclass is the population who suffers the most from lack of stable income or other economic resour