Question (kind of stupid)

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What is a blue colar worker and what is a white colar worker?
Sorry if It's a stupid question but English is not my first language..

[Post-Something]

White collar worker: Salaried professional

Blue collar: Manual labor

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White collar worker: Salaried professional
Like a teacher?
Is a doctor a white collar worker?

[Post-Something]

Well, yeah, it's not really defined as such. It's basically just someone who isn't a manual laborer.

This is from Wikipedia:


White-collar work is an informal term as there is no accepted enumeration of white-collar jobs to the extent that it is typically defined as any job that is not blue-collar.

And by the way, there's no such thing as a stupid question! :)

[#FF0000]

When it comes to teachers and doctors, the blue-collar/white-collar line gets a little blurry.

But as a general rule, workers = blue collar, and managers = white collar.

[gla22]

doctors are considered white collar.
Just two classes.
Uneducated menial labor: blue collar
Educated labor: white collar

[Schrödinger's Cat]

Uneducated menial labor: blue collar
Educated labor: white collar

This is the best break down you can come to, although I would argue a lot of menial labor requires education.

There's also "pink collar," which stands for a profession predominately taken over by women. In essence, all phrases about one's collar are divisive towards the proletariat.

[Svante]

so wha t collar are student or dont there count.if girls are pink collar then are
guys blue collar? this i s sexiste.

[RedAnarchist]

so wha t collar are student or dont there count.if girls are pink collar then are
guys blue collar? this i s sexiste.

Students can be of any class, but don't get categorised as being blue or white collar.

It doesn't matter if its a man or women, its alwasy blue or white collar. There is no pink collar.

[Svante]

Students can be of any class, but don't get categorised as being blue or white collar.

It doesn't matter if its a man or women, its alwasy blue or white collar. There is no pink collar.


catégorie est-elle nécessaire? Why use collar when this make people different. When i go t o school now i am same like averybody.

[Schrödinger's Cat]

so wha t collar are student or dont there count.if girls are pink collar then are
guys blue collar? this i s sexiste.

Yes, it is sexist. Collar distinctions in general are just a distraction, like "poor and middle" class.

[Cencus]

Blue collar comes from the fact that historicly factory workers wore blue overalls. White collar refers to to a white shirt eg office jobs.

Education and wage have nothing to do with it.