This article analyzes the relationship between middle-class belonging and minority ethnic identification through the narratives of Israeli adolescents in contrasting middle-class spaces. While current literature suggests that middle-class belonging will either weaken or strengthen ethnic identification, this paper demonstrates that the effect of class on ethnic identity varies between different spaces. Analyzing the narratives of 52 middle-class minority adolescents shows that spatial ethnic boundaries operating in the rural middle class lead these adolescents to construct a salient ethnic identity that can produce feelings of incongruence and subordination. However, in the urban middle-class, where spatial ethnic boundaries are less significant, adolescents develop a thin, interchangeable ethnic identity in accordance with shallow and superficial public classifications. These findings demonstrate that the middle classes are not monolithic but diverse within themselves, and point to the need to study the variety of ways diverse middle classes can affect the shaping of minority ethnic identification.

本文通过对比中产阶级空间中以色列青少年的叙事，分析中产阶级归属感与少数民族认同之间的关系。虽然目前的文献表明中产阶级归属感会削弱或加强民族认同，但本文表明阶级对民族认同的影响在不同空间之间存在差异。分析 52 名中产阶级少数民族青少年的叙事表明，农村中产阶级的空间族群边界导致这些青少年构建了一种显着的族群认同，这种认同感会产生不协调和从属感。然而，在市区中产阶级的空间种族界限不那么重要，青少年根据浅薄的公共分类发展出一种薄薄的、可互换的种族认同。这些研究结果表明，中产阶级并不是单一的，而是内部多样化的，并指出需要研究不同的中产阶级影响少数民族认同形成的各种方式。