lowest social class

Asked why his book’s unlucky hero was a member of the ghetto’s lowest social class, rather than a more autobiographical version of himself, Mr. Hilsenrath told Der Spiegel it may have been “because I had a guilty conscience.”

They found that people with the lowest social class scores—those with less income, less education and more worries about money—scored about twice as high on the wise reasoning scale as those in the highest social class.

The newly-renovated fifth floor of the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheatre used to house the cheapest seats on the top tiers, high up and far from the action, and were used by poor plebeians, ancient Rome’s lowest social class.

The newly-renovated fifth floor of the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheatre used to house the cheapest seats on the top tiers, high up and far from the action, and were used by poor plebeians, ancient Rome’s lowest social class.

An overwhelming majority of those working at cattle slaughterhouses or related trades are Muslims and Dalits, members of India’s lowest social class once known as “untouchables.”