A Working Class Hero

I think this is a good song that describes the working world:

Working Class Hero by John Lennon

Heres the link to the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU

As soon as your born they make you feel small,
By giving you no time instead of it all,
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
They hurt you at home and they hit you at school,
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool,
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years,
Then they expect you to pick a career,
When you can't really function you're so full of fear,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV,
And you think you're so clever and classless and free,
But you're still fucking peasents as far as I can see,
A working class hero is something to be,
A working class hero is something to be.
There's room at the top they are telling you still,
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill,
A working class hero is something to be.
A working class hero is something to be.
If you want to be a hero well just follow me,
If you want to be a hero well just follow me.

what is the value of a class analysis?

The reasons why we should bother with looking at the world, history, our disciplines, through a class lens is because it allows us to see things in a different way. Sometimes we’ll look at something on TV in one way, and then looking at what’s on TV in a class lens, everything looks completely different. It opens your eyes more to what’s really going on in the situation, and what the media is hiding.

In the article, Six Points of Class by Zweig, he discusses in the article about the victims of Katrina. Zweig says its about,” rediscovery of race and class in America.” How media puts its own slant on reality. After Hurricane Katrina, blacks were not the only ones who were devastated from the hurricane. There is a large population of whites, working class people that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. “ Eighty-five thousand whites are among the working poor in New Orleans-area labor force. By contrast, there are about sixty-five thousand minorities.” When President Bush made cuts “ It hit equally hard at black and white communities of construction workers.” The decisions he made regarding section eight housing equally hurts black and whites.

It was really interesting when reading this article. “ In the typical media coverage, “race” meant “black” and “class” meant “poverty”, both joining in the common identity of the African American trapped at the New Orleans Superdome and Convention Center”. As often portrayed by the media, there is reality and then there is the media slant on reality. I think it is important to look at things in a class lens, because I feel that it opens your mind more to seeing the truth and reality that the media is hiding from us. Knowing that there is a lot more to the story than what is being shown or said.

About Me

Hi my name is Alexandra, but I have everyone call me Alex. Im a Junior. Im a Women Studies Major with a minor in Communications. My semester is going good so far, I am taking five classes this semester. Im in this class because it has to do with my major, and it also sounded very interesting. When Im not in class I'm either doing homework or hanging out with my family and friends.