Editing Working-class culture (section)

===Working-class culture and the American Dream===
Many Americans strongly believe the U.S. is a "Land of Opportunity" that offers every child an equal chance at [[Social mobility|social]] and [[economic mobility]].  The idea of Americans rising from humble origins to riches has been called a "civil religion",<ref name="DeParle">[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html?sq=mobility&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs] | By JASON DePARLE | January 4, 2012]</ref> "the bedrock upon which the American story has been anchored",<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/05useconomics_morton.aspx Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503130834/http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/05useconomics_morton.aspx|date=May 3, 2012}} Economic Mobility Project| May 2007</ref> and part of the American identity (the [[American Dream]]<ref>[http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/american-dream English grammar 4U online]| "In general, the American Dream can be defined as being the opportunity and freedom for all citizens to achieve their goals and become rich and famous if only they work hard enough."</ref>) This theme is celebrated in the lives of famous Americans such as [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Henry Ford]],<ref name="DeParle" /> and in popular culture (from the books of [[Horatio Alger myth|Horatio Alger]] and [[Norman Vincent Peale]] to the song [[The Jeffersons#Theme song|"Movin' on Up"]]<ref>the theme song of the 1975–85 TV sitcom ''[[The Jeffersons]]''</ref>).