Popular images of working class people

First Week, January 23, 2013
 

I'm not sure what visuals best represent our topic but here are some contrasting ones. The working class people above are striking to improve their lives.  They have dignity and courage.  Below is another popular image of working class people.  But these particular working people, though they were rich, were not portrayed as having dignity or courage.  The joke in the show was that working people, even those who became rich, were childlike in their view of the world.  They proved unable to adapt to their new situation and this was because they were working people who are not smart at all.



and what does this 'white trash' birthday cake tell us about popular ideas of working class culture and values?