Verkkofor social status and the desire for superiority generate the importance of relative income and positional identity through mechanisms of community approval and. Verkkopoor and stuck on a lower rung of the social ladder in the conceivable future—and therefore irrelevant in the greater scheme of things—is a kind of knowing associ. Verkkodrawing data from the uk household longitudinal study, i show that multiple disadvantages faced by ethnic minorities in the labour market give.