An unanticipated finding relevant to anomia is examined—namely, that Negro autoworkers who were economically advantaged registered significantly higher anomia scores than those who were considerably less well off in terms of seniority and employment history. This particular finding was contrary to that found for white workers and also stands in contradiction to previous arguments and evidence based on anomie theory. The attempt to explain what was found includes a consideration of the relevance or nonrelevance of expectations and suggests that anomia functions as an indicator of frustration as well as despair.