The Chicago Experience: Class, Identity, and Invisible Divides
Chicago is a working-class city at its core. But it’s also a city of stark contrasts—between the Loop’s finance towers and the South Side’s labor roots, between Wicker Park’s creative class and the tradesmen commuting from the Southwest suburbs.
Many blue-collar men grew up hearing: “Work hard, provide, and you’ll be respected.”
But in today’s economy, respect often goes to those who present well on screens—not those who sweat through their shirts on job sites.
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