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The upper class has had a certain reputation among people in the U.S. It has made a meaning for the class itself and has been used as a status for hundreds of years. In doing so, the people that are members of the upper class have created certain standards to be accepted among the others.Continue reading “(H) 395-406 Higley, The U.S. Upper Class”

Social status has been determined mostly by the class people are categorized in. In looking at the different class, working classes have ultimately taken a toll in the lifestyle they have and how they have to go about their lives. Many people forget that there are people who find it difficult to find their nextContinue reading “(H) 383-394: Morris & Grimes, Moving Up…”

Poverty has been a way in which society has come to differentiate certain things. The lack of money has only been one of the components to classify someone as poor. While many people come from backgrounds in which money isn’t easily available, certain aspects separate those who are poor and those who are not. ForContinue reading “(H) 376-382: Gans, The Uses of Poverty”

Coffee has been a key figure in American dining for many decades. It has provided many people with their own significance of how it makes them feel. In doing so, coffee has proven to be more of a social identity rather than a necessity. While many people feel like they need their daily morning cupContinue reading “(JBC) Chapter 4: Coffee/Class”

Fast food workers have become more and more categorized as fast food organizations grow older. Meaning, society has change greatly since the first fast food chain was introduced. To still put people in a category of simply “fast food workers” seems unfair. Why is it that other minimum wage jobs like Target, Burlington, Ross, canContinue reading “(JBC) Pg. 79 Fight For $15”

The brand Apple has become revolutionary in a a span of a few decades. It has surpassed all expectations in technology and has captured the minds of millions all over the world. When it first began, many people were still fresh to the concept of computers of how much they could really do. With theContinue reading “(JBC) pg. 79 Corporate Ideologies”

The concept of change is something that holds a lot of controversy among people. Many people embrace change because they feel as if it will benefit their state of life. On the other hand, many people reject change because they wis to hold onto their traditions and like the system of how things are now.Continue reading “(H) 535-546: Wishard, Caught Between the Ages”

McDonald’s has become the biggest corporations and franchise in the fast food business. In accomplishing this, they went against what was normal back in the day when it all began. From the beginning, the McDonald’s brothers came up with this revolutionary idea for restaurants. This soon became known as fast food and it was unusualContinue reading “(H) 497-507: Leidner, Over the Counter at McDonald’s”

To many of us, living is simply and laid out. But to many people around the country and the world, living is something they have to work for and to create a living for themselves just to survive. The action of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes creates a different perspective of what could beContinue reading “(H) 411-424 Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed”

Workers are a big part of the economic structure of society and are what keeps the major enterprises in constant flow. However, many of the workers in the U.S. society are minimum wage workers and live pay check to pay check. This concept of having the majority of workers be put through laborious work andContinue reading “(JBC) Chapter 3: Fast Food/Work and Economy”