half-century, and as a result, so have its rules and values. For example, a

greater number of Americans are economically better off now than they were

around 1960. This money is also more widely dispersed among socio-economic

classes. This means that more people are having a greater chance to achieve the

so-called “American Dream”, i.e. owning your own home, raising a family and

being able to provide for them. More people have had the chance to go to

college and enter the “white-collar” industry, and have a better chance of

accumulating more wealth. Wealth leads to power. Whether it’s running for

president or putting that new pool in your backyard, wealth gives you the

ability and the freedom to do what you want.

As things get more expensive, the ones who have the wealth are the strongest.

The media is both influenced and influential in this belief, since they play a

large role in the way we see things. The lifestyle of “success” isn’t just one

to strive for or emulate now, it’s simply the status quo. Things aren’t the way

they were in the 1950s, when one could enter the workforce directly after high

into a bigger home. When this happened, the show was renamed “Archie Bunker’s

is a single woman who has a good job, is an earner, and therefore can choose to

fix it all within a half-hour. If you watch the show, you can see that he is

The husband, George Jefferson, is a man who recently moved up to the middle

live in a small, dirty house. The children are always hungry and have nothing

Most shows today are like that, almost discriminatory in a way.

money. This respect is so integral to the male that many would go to any

television history, so did most of the representations of the working class

Some topics in this essay:
George Jefferson, Al Consequently, , Archie Bunker’s, Spring Break, York Undercover, Joey Phoebe, Ally McBeal, Age” Aronowitz, Bronx Tale, main character, working-class culture, live day day, working-class kids, class life, people chance, aronowitz argues, shoe salesman, main character’s, rachel joey phoebe, working-class identity, archie bunker’s,