When young people go away to college, it is often the first time they make friends with people of substantially different class statuses. sometimes this leads to tension when the wealthier member of a friendship is oblivious to his or her friend's class status and suggests activities that are beyond the friend's means. this tension results from a lack of:?

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Marquise Pena

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12 December, 13:38

When young people go away to college, it is often the first time they make friends with people of substantially different class statuses. sometimes this leads to tension when the wealthier member of a friendship is oblivious to his or her friend's class status and suggests activities that are beyond the friend's means. this tension results from a lack of:?

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This tension results from a lack of class consciousness. The term class consciousness denotes subjective awareness of common interests, a set of beliefs that a person holds regarding their social class or economic rank in society and the need for collective political action to bring about social change. When the wealthier member of a friendship is oblivious to his or her friend's class status and suggests activities that are beyond the friend's means is an example of class consciousness.