The Huxtables used tough love to encourage them to watch the choices they make. Before I begin with a particular episode of The Cosby Show, I just have to say how the Huxtables handled their middle daughter Vanessa with her traveling to Baltimore, Maryland and not telling her parents. I know my mother would have been very mad with me, because I did not tell her where I was going. As well as lying to her about what I was going to be doing. I know I would definitely get into a lot of trouble with my mother if I ever did such a thing like what Vanessa did. I would not even want to face my mom, if I had lied to her and disobeyed her rules and blatantly disrespect her. Vanessa decided to ran away to Baltimore, Maryland with her friends to see a …show more content…
Members of the pep squad at her school came over and she showed them the $11,000 dollar painting her parents bought. Vanessa really wanted these girls to like her, so she told them how much her parents spent on the painting. Mrs. Huxtable told Vanessa what it really means to be rich. According to the video, “Vanessa’s Rich”, Clair says, “Rich is when your money works for you, not when you work for the money, and we work hard for the money. But I mean it’s okay, we’re proud of what we have and we’re happy to share it with our children.” She also says to Vanessa, “And Vanessa I hate to be the one to tell you this, but yes you are rich. Not because of things, but because you have a family who loves you.” (YOUTUBE VIDEO CITATION) She really wanted to show Vanessa how there is more to her than what she has materialistically. Vanessa learned from her mother, money doesn’t make you who you are, it’s the values you have within yourself, and your personality which attracts people to you. In this particular scene Vanessa’s friends believes Vanessa displays hegemony. Deanna D. Sellnow explains, “…hegemony is the privileging of a dominated group’s ideology over that of other groups.” (2014, P. 117) From judging how the Huxtables raise their children, Vanessa doesn’t believe she is, “above” anyone else at the school she goes too. The girls who Vanessa goes to school with are the ones who have the issue, not Vanessa. The Huxtables teach their children many valuable lessons, and the show as a whole showcased African-Americans in a different light than how some African-Americans are viewed. Clair Huxtable showed how African-American are not always loud, ghetto, have no sense of home training, or not even modest. Instead she showed how African-American women can be classy, the head of the household, smart, successful, and be well dressed. Clair took the
Across our nation, it is quite common for people from different classes to have contrasting opinions on a myriad of different things. For example, someone who comes from a lower class will hold opposite beliefs than someone from a higher class on the same subject. At one point, Dubus recalls a conversation that he had with Emily where Emily absentmindedly made a comment regarding what would be the first thing she did if she was a specific woman who came into money. Dubus instantly becomes angered by her response and shrieks “You don’t think she’d like to have new teeth? Of course she would, Emily, but she doesn’t have that kind of money, and, if she did, it would mean no oil in the burner that month, no food in the fridge. It would mean being late with the rent. But you can’t even think those things because you’re from the Land of Yes when the rest of us are from the Land of No. We don’t even think we can have these things you take for granted, like new teeth”. This exhibits the invisible line between the classes which makes it challenging for people on either side to identify with one another. By this event occurring, it proves Dubus’ ideals because Emily could not comprehend at first that many people have more pressing issues to focus on aside from new
The only type of media left out of Loewen’s article is social media and the younger generations are major consumers in the twenty first century. Watkins article uses the specific social media platforms Facebook and Myspace. Facebook typically had white users that were considered middle class. However, Myspace users were usually Black or Latino and came from the working class. People use social media to interact and trends of social stratification are apparent. TV is not interactive so the division of classes should not be as obvious, but “Poor people are more likely to watch TV.” (Loewen, 204). Hooks feels that “Television shows and films bring the message home that no one can truly feel good about themselves if they are poor.” (Hooks, 434). He uses Pretty Woman as evidence for this and says that the show portrays the ruling class or rich as “generous, eager to share, and as unattached to their wealth in their interactions with folks who are not materially privileged.” This sends a stronger message than interacting with others of a social media because it is not reality. TV can really send the wrong message to the poor or the rich. The privileged may get the idea that they have to take care of the poor, when the poor are hardworking people with values and morals just like the rich. From this the poor may see themselves as not as competent in society. Hooks mentions that self-esteem issues
My Pop Culture: ‘‘The Cosby Show’’ One pop culture show that had a great influence on me was ‘The Cosby Show’. ‘The Cosby Show’ aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. Although it was based on comedy, the sitcom focused on real life family events. The Huxtable Family symbolized a typical African-American family who was financially stable and socially acceptable; which during that time was not the reality in the everyday life of an African American family. Nevertheless, I was inspired by ‘The Cosby Show’ every day.
Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1937. He was the oldest of four boys. He had three brothers, and their names were: James, Russell, and Robert. His father ran away near Christmas time when he was very young and he had to get a job to help support the family.
This quote provided by Braxton is an example, “The show depicts an African American family trying to exist and survive in this world.” This quote tells of how even in a show they’re trying to survive to the next day, and this is the case for many African American families who live in dangerous cities today. Braxton appeals to the emotions of audience members that are facing this problem today, and that money is the root of all problems that determines a family’s socioeconomic status, and people with no money turn to
With the mentioning of Oprah we [the reader] see how race and even in some ways class inequalities...
In the show Jane the Virgin, we get to meet Jane Gloria Villanueva, a Latina from Miami. Jane is portrayed by Puerto Rican actress, Gina Rodriguez. Throughout the show, we get to meet this young ambitious girl that never gives up on her dreams despite how impossible they may seem. It is important to realize, that at the beginning of the show Jane is a full-time student at the University of Miami and works full time. Not to mentation, we see the daily struggles Jane faces with, for example, not having her own transpiration, family problems, and economic status that makes it nearly impossible for her to keep pursuing her education. Despite all the obstacles, she manages to get her Bachelor’s degree in education, and becomes valedictorian of her class. As a Latina, I would say it is heartwarming to see on television an encouraging Latina that demonstrates the daily struggles that most Latinas can relate to. Not to mention, Gina’s character does not dress in tight close compared to Sofia’s character. Unlike Gloria, Jane dresses in flowy clothes, to be more exact in flowy sun dresses, or just pants and a regular blouse. Vanity Fair states that Gina Rodriguez, “breaks down the ugly ethnic and gender stereotypes.” Gina Rodriguez tells Vanity Fair, “Latinos are not just our nanny’s and our landscape artist, although both of those jobs are very admirable and pay a lot of money, but that’s not all we do.” (Buckner). Overall, one can agree with Gina since Latinos are capable of doing so much more. Gina also mentions that we have come to the era where television is finally noticing that we too are doctors, lawyers, and even
As we can clearly see, socio-economic status and class conflict both affect each character in the story in a different way, but ultimately lead to the same place. Class conflict is a major theme from the beginning of the story. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (1). A quote from Nick’s father on the first page of the novel immediately sets the theme of class conflict. Even though this is a piece of advice about humility, it still highlights the economic and power gap between the American upper and lower classes.
The words goth and emo while extremely similar are very different. The word goth is short for the full word of gothic and today means somebody who dresses in dark colors mostly black. The word emo is short for emotional and most commonly used to refer to teenagers that will dress in dark colors and is usually associated with depression for that group. The differences usually appear in the age groups, clothing style, and history in various media
Growing up, Jeannette and her siblings never seemed to be jealous of the wealthy. They weren’t
The mother has written her own cookbook and has five children and one grandchild. They have two children in college at the moment doing well, and one is beauty pageant queen. The idea of the show portrays a family who lives under the fist of a very strict father because of the society that we live in he is very protective of his family's life some would even say controlling. The father Todd is a very strict father and just wants what's best for his children so he sets up many rules for his teenage children that always come with severe punishments when the children fail to follow. I can really relate to this program growing up as the only girl in my family with very strict parents, I sometimes see myself in Todd’s daughter situation. The way the show is portrayed in a comedic way and makes light of strict parenting, however
advice throughout my whole life by my family members. On not building up bad behavior
Marcus’s family is poor. His mother is a single parent. She is working long hours as a seamstress to provide for Marcus and her daughter, Sabrina, after her husband left the family. They live in a public housing estate referred to as the projects. Eddie has two parents that are both in jobs. They have a better economy than Marcus’s family, but Eddie doesn’t get as much money as he’d like to. They live in a private house in the same area of Queens as Marcus lives in. It is the beginning of the final term in high school, and parties and trips are coming up. The boys have saved up money to cover the expenses for a long time. But then, Nike comes out with a brand new pair of shoes in the basketball team’s colors, maroon and powder blue. Everyone on the team is getting a pair, and everyone will notice if the stars of the team haven’t got them as well. The boys consider themselves as too good for jobs, so th...
...f any obstacles that they might face along the way. By showing that she can have the brains as well as the looks, she encourages young women to try harder to attend high class schools and to understand that with a little bit of extra work they can make it to the top of their area of work. Many women can see this as a trend that can help them achieve anything that they put their minds to. She can increase the amount of women applying for universities and jobs by inspiring them to do more than stay at home as housewives. And though the targeted audience knows that looks aren’t everything, they also know that the image they portray is extremely important in the work environment. Everyone knows that when you look good, you feel good, and having a positive state of mind is always helpful to better your chances of finding a healthy balance in all areas of your life.
My parents were pretty strict because all they asked for was respect, manners, and good grades, when we came home. Being raised in this family was just as crazy as hearing the neighborhood stories of “Agua Dulce” and like it was we always had our good days. My home on the other hand wasn’t quite good looking but I found pride and joy from living there all these years. Living in that house was always a war or a battle to fight for something that got us something special or fun in return or fight to get a spanking later on. Especially if you’re one of the little ones fighting for a big seat, but we all worked together sometimes. It was all fun even when my brother and I would go out to play football and