Working Hard for Their Money, So Hard for it Honey.

Class Dismissed, a movie presented in class about how TV frames the working class, shows many different television families and their struggles being part of the working class. What class you are in is decided on the income that your household makes per year. There are three different types of class: economic, political, and cultural. 62% of Americans are working class, made up of white and blue collar. The working class is racially and gender segmented, and often not spoke about. Class doesn't make you who you are, but it does frame you sometimes. We spoke in class if we believe that if you are born into one class, can you move up to another. I believe that this is possible. Even though you are born into a working class family that isn't rich, I think that you have the possibility of moving higher to the upperclass by what you accomplish in life. However, I do believe that you always have your roots in your "original" class.


Some TV shows that will be listed below are some that were listed in the movie as television families that are working class.


I Love Lucy: about a woman and her husband, who is a singer and bandleader. They are typical working class couple working hard for their money. They live in a house that they rent from their landlord friend. They strive to be better than what they are, but are stuck with what they got.

Good Times: A show of a working class black family who live in the ghetto. They are working hard to move up in life and try to move out of the projects. In the last episode, they do so.  

Jefferson's: One of the most famous African American families that are trying to " move on up to the east side." They don't want to live on welfare, so they make it on what they have. They are trying to gain access to a better life. 

Cosby Show: They are a family who are content with what they have. They are not trying to move up in life.

Will and Grace: This is a series based around gay friends who are working class. They are trying to make it big and wirking to be better and rich,

Gilmore Girls: A single mother and daughter duo who are constantly working just to get by. They daughter wants to move up and is trying to make better for herself by going to school and doing better stuf then the mom.

Roseann: This is one of the rare shows that shows a woman who works for the family. She is always ripped apart for being so rude and loud mouthed. She is a hard worker who is trying to get by for her family.

King of Queens: about a married couple who are trying to better their lives. He is a typical jokester who works for a shipping company.

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Class Dismissed