American middle class

how the representation of the working class has evolved over the early decades of modern art. It is important to understand that this period, the Impressionist period, coincided with a period of significant social development in…

Bachmann’s condition of living was decent; she was home alone for most of the day only leaving when she needed to go to the store or pick up her daughters. She would sit at home watching the clock tick by, one day putting paper over it so she couldn’t watch the clocks. She even got as bored as thinking to herself that she should reorganize her silverware drawer. She then went to a casino and set strict rules so she didn’t blow through all her money and always was home to pick up her daughters…

Gentrification is a controversial topic where the urban areas have been affected in. It is the term used for the upper-class men to arrive in what they believe is a degenerating area and take over by buying and increasing rent and property values, which affects the low-income families and small businesses. My classmates and I were assigned to go investigate small shops that were in process of gentrification in the documentary “My Brooklyn” by Kelly Anderson and interview them on what is like to…

ABD is more powerful means of moving people out of their homes. In gentrification the rich person is taking and buying out the land that people are using. While ABD is more of a private event where the government is involved. For the working class it comes out to a loss in living standards as their life gets completely changed around. The people with capital wealth take advantage of their assets. They know the people that have barely anything will not be able to fight back. The government is…

a social class, but it’s your own personal future that defines which social class you stay in. There are five social classes: upper, upper middle, lower middle, working, and lower class. Based on what social class you are in will define what opportunities you can participate in. The upper class is for the rich/wealthy individuals who considered powerful people. The upper middle class are those who are the highest earning middle class people they tend to make the most in the middle class but not…

Every society, and more specifically each city, has its own distinct social ladder. The ladder is comprised of at least three classes: high income, middle income, and low income. In the class session, each of these classes was associated with possible advantages as well as struggles and challenges. While these may be typical advantages or struggles, they may not necessarily apply to all persons within those classes. For example, people who have accumulated a lot of wealth but are not willing to…

The American Dream is a phrase that was coined by a man named Addams, and is a set of ideals to describe equal opportunity for success especially in the United States. Recently there seems to be a disappearance of the American Dream and not everyone who works hard is able to achieve economic stability. Many individuals write about the American Dream, and argue that politic differ in affecting the American Dreams of people in different social classes. In Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby a young…

The, “American Dream,” is practically the leading cause of crime in the United States. Why do people commit crimes? Often for money and personal gain, but why? Often you will see people who commit crimes just to make ends meet, but more often than not you see people committing an excess of crime, and why do you think they do this? To live the “American Dream” and give their lives a sense of meaning. Wealth is glamorized in today’s culture. When you have role models, athletes, politicians, and…

In the second chapter of his book, Cherlin details the “Emergence of the Working-Class Family” in the 1800s. Cherlin explains how white mothers in cities with textile mills would only work for short periods of time when the family was running low on income, but would otherwise just work at home or take in boarders for wages. However, white mothers in cities that were “dominated by heavy industry,” hardly ever worked outside of the home. Black women at this time would often have jobs, most of…

and wealth all have a huge affect on social class. Occupation coincides with income and your educational level. Combining education and occupation can help decide upon someone’s social class. Wealth is defined through the assets that you contain; money, land, cars, etc. Income is the amount of money earned by working and investments. Having a higher education, a more sought after occupation, more wealth and more income would be what decides your social class. The economy has a big role in our…