Essay On Class Dismissed

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The thesis of Class Dismissed is about how the working class people on television are portrayed. Many people wanted to be part of a particular social class. The programs in the Class Dismissed changed people’s perception of certain groups. For example, The Jefferson’s , is about how a black man grows his business and become successful. From watching the film I never thought how TV shows frames us. Now, as I think back to watching certain shows like The Cosby show, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The George Lopez, The Hughley’s, My Wife and Kids, and The Bernie Mac Show they all are working class people who are successful. However, Good times, is another show that I have watched, although Good times the family are still living in the projects, …show more content…

For instance, the show displays the effects of a failed school system, lack of parenting, and lack of jobs in the community which result in a drug war. With the issues that were going on in Baltimore, it is like no one cared about what happened to the citizens there. I statement made by Simon, “The Wire is not a story about the America; it’s about the America that got left behind”. If The Wire, were included in the Class dismissed it will support the main argument. However, it will be in a different way. The Class dismissed, mainly talked about working class people and how television portrays people. The Wire, is based on a drug war, however, it has working class people. In a Class Dismissed when the narrator says,” because we have seen television as just entertainment, we readily disregard its impact on our thinking”. When I heard that statement, I thought to myself that our perceptions of things are based upon what we see on TV, although I do view TV as entertainment as well. However, I never paid attention to how TV impacted my thoughts until viewing and reading in the material in this class. Because of some of the things that we studied and the familiar shows that we talked about I understand and noticed small things in TV shows and ad

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