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Last but not least. Class in a global context. 

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Last but not least. Class in a global context. 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13845032

Class has been on the tip of everyone tongue, with the growing developments of countries, we are seeing the new global rich but also the new global poor that think they are apart of the middle class. In week 10 two very interesting documents or clips were presented and it made me think about people in power and this notion of the goring middle class.

I disagree with this idea of the new middle class, even in its global context I think that this group is far from it. I believe that certain socioeconomic conditions are getting better due to increase in new opportunities, however I do think that class consciousness still exist. I think the people in power maybe claiming there is this new emergence of the middle class, but really it is just the working class becoming a larger group with a hierarchy level in the group. The question that is on my mind is that are we being old that we are middle class to keep the working class under control against a revolution.

Are we being told that because we can afford to buy a car or own a home that we have now entered the category of middle class. The video was interesting stating that people in the middle class group earn around 10-100 dollars… so the people that earn 10 dollars per hour are middle class? (Video was presented in lecture was not able to locate it)

When a recent newspaper article was publish:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/minimum-wage-obama-study_n_4240478.html

It claimed that businesses should raise the minimum wage per hour to 10.10 to raise people over the poverty line… so how can someone earning 10 dollars be apart of middle class when the campaign for 10.10 dollars is stating this will be enough to live on and have a little spare over.

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Subculture are they really still relevant? 

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Subculture are they really still relevant? 

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http://www.adverblog.com/2012/03/03/who-are-you-a-guide-to-recognizing-21st-century-subcultural-tribes/

I think subcultures still have a great influence on todays society, groups have been recognised by certain characteristics and will always have the tendencies to

relate only with that specific group. I think that subcultures have become very important in the 21st century to see the pattern of new groups that re emerging

in the new world. Although people have become more flexible in becoming friends with people of different groups, it is still visible that subcultures exist.

Subcultures is a way of expressing who you are and what you like, and it is done in your own time you have chosen to become this, it is a choice

and not a ascribed role.

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I was on public transport again, but this time i observed the 'newspaper' it was really interesting sometimes you hear about the debates about newspapers and how they have been placed between different classes. for example the metro is targeted towards the working class community, first off its free, second off it provides the information we want to know thats is claimed as 'important' like another killing in the east london area and finally it provides us all with the rewarding feeling when picking up the metro….. '£1.99 for mcdonalds Big mac with Fries' what a bargain…

However what we fail to realise is that this type of newspaper doesn't enrich us with knowledge we need to know to make our lives better, it only feeds us with the information we need to know and the entertainment we 'prefer' it has targeted the working class because that is what is the most interesting to us. Its apart of our taste our identity.

furthermore, the brilliant comparison that people use all the time is the TIMES - something that only intellectual can read and only the elites can appreciate what is written within these pages.

To my observation I can say its partly true, working class communities are oblivious to the fact that the metro is highly addictive but also an unnecessary read.

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Another example of how chad has been used by the middle class to demoralise and control the working class community.

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The chav phenomenon.

the word chav recently has become so important it is being used to define every type of working class individual. Has it allowed for a positive encouragement within the working class culture… No, so why do we still use it, is it to make working class individuals feel inferior to middle class communities. 'Chav' has become so normal that it has become socially accepted to use, no one takes much offence to the word, comedians use it at the centre of their jokes, media use it to describe individuals that depend on government funding and the police use it to explain criminality.

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http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhewOBxLDdXgv2n534

Again, not an official news report, but I found this very interesting in relation to I think Savage's theory that Bourdieu's theory is outdated and is no longer relevant to the 21st century. This sociologist argued that taste is no longer relevant in distinguishing between the two classes, because over recent years it has become 'blurred', our tastes are no longer distinctive to our class. It is possible for middle class individuals to enjoy what was deemed as working class and vice versa.

This video just goes to show that art form has no limitation in who can enjoy it, and what type of category it will place you in. Here's an object which is classified as 'high' cultured (The violin in the video) and the individual playing the violin has chosen a song which would be deemed as 'low' culture and only of interest to the working class.

However, having two different types of cultural things combined, where in society will this individual be placed?

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Culture continues to be a debate, and it's importance in society today and how it influence's learning within the education system. Culture is embedded in everyone, whether as society has labelled it 'high culture' and 'low culture', which then categorises us into particular classes. This will continue to be important because as long as something has turned into a social construction of what is right and what is wrong it will be a continued debate in what we do our actions and our preferences is beneficial. High culture is a form of art, that is favoured by the middle classes, that teaches one to be eloquent, poise and 'classy' this can include ballet, poetry, opera and classical music. On the other hand, lower class has been defined as negative for any individual and automatically places you in the woking class category, this includes pop culture, hip hop and rap music, and TV.

Either way, regardless of how society defines what is the correct way of enjoying entertainment, individuals should have the choice in what they would like to do with their spare time, instead of being automatically categorised and judged. I think it is important that the connotation of 'lower culture' should not be frowned upon as such because as the article has suggested using examples from the lower culture can help the less fortunate (working class children that have not had the privileged to be taught about all things 'high') to understand difficult curriculum set by once again - the government -- that have all been brought up in this high culture world.

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Personally, I agreed with this new article which claims that as long as the private sector continues to flourish it will make it harder for the younger generations that do not come from a privileged background to move up this class hierarchy. Education has become very important to ones successes in establishing where you're path will lead to in the future. Furthermore, your social position is also of great help…… David Cameron for example

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Although this is not a news article or clip from somewhere, I found this topic very interesting.

Going to University in the City and living in the east end of London, it is very interesting to see the differences.

I take the train from a predominantly working class community towards a city centre area where it is more privileged. The journey consists of different people getting on and off and also different conversations. When in Leyton a lot of the conversations are based around juicy gossip, the latest soaps and life in general however, when I get into the area of Angel/Kings Cross etc. The conversation on the train shift a little, and can range from politics, art and issues that working class people do not have.

This was interesting because today we were talking about the hierarchy of classes and relating them to what area of London they live in. This shows that the area you live in can have an affect on your class and reflect your culture interest

as well.

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This interested me because it relates to what we were talking about in week1 about what type of judgements we

make by people's appearance and what class they may be in. However, this is in reflection to a person's name and how Katie Hopkin

judges and establish a person's class via their names.