One in eight Americans have student loan debt, but it’s almost nowhere to be found on television’s many, many scripted shows.
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, are seen as giving vital insight into American society and garner prestigious awards that reinforce that social value. Meanwhile, TV series about the working class community, such as, are framed as niche entertainment and more often than not live their series’ runs on the bubble.When discussing why there aren’t more depictions of poor and working class life on TV, many will point to TV’s presumed role as a medium of aspirational storytelling.
“As a lot of Black people say, ‘All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk,’” says Glenn, who grew up in a working class family in New York City before working on shows like. “So a lot of the time, the person who makes it in and fulfills their diversity requirements is not someone who lives and breathes in their Black identity … And so the network gets their token [person], and the actual work doesn't change and the environment doesn't change.
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