Modern (Wealthy, Educated) Family

So, stemming from my last post on ethnic representation in the media, I would like to touch on some other forms of representation.

Take the show, Modern Family - a fairly new family sitcom that features the Dunphy/Pritchett family: Phil, Claire, and their three children Haley, Alex, and Luke,

Jay, his new wife Gloria, and her son, Manny,

Mitchell, his homosexual partner Cameron, and their adopted daughter Lily.

So we've got some great representation here, right? We have the divorced grandfather who has remarried a younger exotic Latina who has a middle-school aged son. We have the gay couple who has adopted an Asian baby.

However, Modern Family still fits the mold for family sitcoms when it comes to wealth and education. Each family has a large house in suburbia, jobs, children applying to college, etc.

So I love that we've come so far, but we still have ways to go. Baby steps.