Sociologists have queried over the utility and effectiveness of generational analysis for some time. Here, the authors contend that intragenerational analyses are needed to critically and comprehensively make sense of the social world. Drawing on four presentations during the presidential session titled, “#NextGenBlackSoc: New Directions in the Sociology of Black Millennials,” the authors use Black Millennials as a case to illustrate how racializing generational studies can strengthen sociological research in four particular subdisciplines: Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Religion, Gender and Sexuality, and Family. They ultimately argue new analytic approaches are necessary to produce significant research on individuals and groups with complex intersectional identities and the particularities of their social experiences.

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The lower class is composed of people who are positioned at the bottom of a society's stratification or class system. Lower class is defined in different ways based on the criteria used to define class. There are several criteria used to categorize members of the lower class, both objective and subjective. Additionally, sociologists have developed different theories to explain the existence and persistence of the lower class. Even though class is socially constructed, many members of society experience a host of negative outcomes because of their lower‐class status. This overview examines these aspects of the lower class in sociological theory and research.