Word: strata
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...that culture? It is a culture defined by a socio-economic stratification that is remarkable for both its persistent rigidity and its extraordinary visibility. There are hardly any physical spaces on this campus open to those not endowed with exceptional wealth. Those who are excluded from the upper strata are left clambering for a student center. Those who populate that strata abscond to their clubhouses and their downtown parties, their sense of perspective and justice obliterated in a wash of luxury and privilege...
...self-doubt facing a young, female painter, Alex. As a character whose lack of image had made her remain outside the mainstream high school community, Alex is taken aback when the popular, iparty girls,i at her Los Angeles high school attempt to integrate her into their social strata. Thrown into the milieu is Sage, Alexis best friend, a savvy nymphomaniac, and Curtis, the cute new boy who has just left Colorado to escape the haunting memory of his fatheris death...