Do you know the song 'the little man'?" asks kenneth hendricks as he drives a visitor around Beloit, Wis. in his black Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Alan Jackson song is one of Hendricks' favorites. He plays it, and then pJays it again, imploring his guest to listen to the words, a melancholic ode to disappearing Main Street merchants and values, done in by large corporations and discount chain stores on the outskirts of town. The song may be a bit hokey, but the 62-year-old Hendricks identifies with the underdog, As a kid growing up in nearby Janesville, he sensed the contempt "the country club set" had for his blue-collar family because of his father's humble job as a roofer. "They looked down their noses at him," Hendricks says. "He went to work every single day of his life. That wasn't good enough? Some kid got to go to a fancy school and that made him different than me? That just sets in your gut."
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机译：肯尼思·亨德里克斯（肯尼思·亨德里克斯）用黑色的吉普大切诺基（Jeep Grand Cherokee）驾车到威斯康星州贝洛伊特（Beloit）旁客时问道，肯尼思·亨德里克斯问道。艾伦·杰克逊（Alan Jackson）的歌曲是亨德里克斯最喜欢的歌曲之一。再次劝说他的客人听这些话，这是对消失的大街上的商人和价值的哀悼，这是由大型公司和城郊的折扣连锁店所做的。这首歌可能有点曲调，但62岁一岁的亨德里克斯（Hendricks）向失败者表示认同，因为小时候在附近的简斯维尔（Janesville）长大，他感觉到“乡村俱乐部组合”对蓝领家庭的蔑视，因为他父亲的屋顶工很不起眼。亨德里克斯说，“他每天都去上班。那还不够吗？某个孩子上了花式学校，这使他和我不同了吗？那就是你的直觉。”
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