social mobility
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Increasingly, this debate has spread to the U.K., where traditionally class, not race, has proved the main barrier to social mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, it questions whether the state can still guarantee fairness in the examination system that millions of young Indians see as their principal route to social mobility.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"And this desire to move is not just physical mobility," it is also "a kind of drive toward economic mobility and above all social mobility," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
The think tank found the initiatives - including loans for first-time buyers - had a "limited" impact on social mobility and housing affordability.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
After the Civil War and during the Reconstruction era, the federal government had opened jobs to blacks, providing social mobility particularly for those from educated backgrounds.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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