ABSTRACT
Returning to Clarendon Heights in 1991 was a depressing experience. Both the Brothers and the Hallway Hangers were struggling, and their young lives suggested that social inequality is more entrenched in the United States than I’d thought. Thankfully, the picture in 2007 is brighter. The majority of the men may still be mired at the bottom of society, but some have achieved working-class stability and even penetrated the middle class.
