People Like Us

Below are just a few pieces from a documentary called People Like Us. The main reason for this documentary is to emphasize the presence and importance of social class in America. The variety of personal stories gives the audience insight to how each group views class, their position in class, and where others stand. Many of these videos go deeply into Delpit's idea of the rules and codes of power; how does someone climb the social ladder to become wealthy, what rules do they have to learn in order to get there, and what characteristics hold people back from rising in social status? This documentary made some of the things we have been learning more real. Sometimes I think having a visual makes these topics more personal and, therefore, easier to understand.I figured that some of the other people in our class would find these videos interesting. Listening to the different stories also helped me to realize how big of an issue this topic is to Americans. Many people think of class differently. What is class? Is it based solely on economics or is it much deeper than that? What characteristics determine a person's class? These are all complex questions and could be answered differently by individual Americans. Hopefully these videos will make you think...