An article in the New York Times about the lack of working class representation in media got me thinking about what does modern working class life look like. This research is still in progress, but here are a few AI-generated images from descriptions in an article from The Guardian by Tamara Draut. These are just descriptions of certain working class workers, by the way.

“It’s the black woman in a caretaker’s smock wearing special comfort shoes and a name tag above her heart.”

“It’s the white man in a uniform (which he had to pay for) who punches in each day and restocks the shelves of your favorite big-box giant”

“It’s the Latina home healthcare aide who cares for your mom”

“the janitor who empties your office wastebasket”

“the woman who rings up your groceries”

“the crew who fix the bumpy freeway you take every day to work”

These images were created using Bing’s Image Generated powered by DALL-E and Bluewillow.