Class Dismissed [1/8]

[32peartree]

trash tv isn't some elitist strategem. If it wasn't popular - they wouldn't make it. The working class actually lap up this rubbish up. However, at a deeper level if we juxtapose junk such as Jerry Springer with feel-good talent shows and lottery draws - then we can clearly discern the classic symptoms of bi-polar depression - whereby the poor constantly oscillate between misery and fantasy.

[vbgirl423]

Very interesting video with excellent examples and wonderful perspective.

[motelcalifornia]

Isn't that beautiful? Things don't change much, do they? Nobody listens to the working class--EVER

[eroc1234]

".... some want to turn it into a class war , and thats not how i think". WELL THATS OBVIOUSLY A CONVENIENT MENTALITY FOR YOU BUSH, you jerk!

[MikeyElgar]

you joker

[BUTLERU]

Of course Bush didn't think that way about classism in this country, since he's rich. The world is changing and things are not getting better. Regardless, if a person holds a college degree or not the working class is struggling, to do better. We work one to two jobs and rarely see home. Inflation has become a big issue, right when produce seems to be getting lower something else goes up. Honestly, classism will always be an issue and it will be debated for years to come.

[MultiSmartass1]

A fine video.

All the more so since Americans are propagandized to think of class as something outside of the range of sociopolitical economic range of this country.

The fact is there is class in this country. Thus, it is no surprise when TV shows favor middle class lifestyles over working class life.

The inability to deal with this both rhetorically and politically is shown in the metasizing growth of right wing news in the U.S.

[philmontphan]

I think this video teaches a good lesson about potrayls of working class people.

[oHelmslyo]

The concept of social class is in my opinion a narrow type of thing altogether that separates people from eachother based on what class they're filed into, but this is a highly intellectual film and a great conversation builder on the world we live in. As far as media portrayals, I still love The Simpsons, Married...with Children and a lot of those other shows that have lowbrow working class characters, but of course it is useful to open up a dialog about these issues and the media.

[ljubog]

How come noone said the oldest and fundamental definition of working class - people who do not own the means of production, but instead have to rent themselves (their work) to the owners for a wage?

[5959512]

There are a number of programs/grants to facilitate economic mobility .For example

JOBCORPS-for ages 16-21, live on campus, free food, GED, and you learn a trade of your choice. Upon completion you also receive $1000 and money towards a car

PELL GRANT- For people of low income, basically garanteed if your a single parent, covers books/tuition usually with money left over.

STATE GRANTS- I receive $200 a semester from maine state grant.

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND- scholarship for minorities

[fruccest]

dick shut up! nice vid like the 411 it gave dude 5959512 is gay

[SpectacleofDebord]

Very interesting and informative film, thanks for posting this!

[LodovicoAriosto1]

Amazing film!