In this essay, I will argue that the ex-criminal and parolee subculture works to undermine the dominant hegemonic discourse of class and race in the employment system where they are resisting the national and normative identities. Not only because of the fact they have a criminal record, which is not part of the "norm" for those trying to be employed, but because of the subject position of race and class where a high percentage of those who have been to or are still in jail are normally non-caucasian males, mostly black or Hispanic. I will present how this subculture tries to resist the dominant hegemonic discourse in terms of employment, the aid given by the government to encourage ex-criminal employment, as well as the restrictions that hinder their progress. With the current critical issue of unemployment in the United States, there has been an increased amount of competition for jobs and the amount of difficulty it takes to obtain one. There are many groups of people that suffer as a result of this, one in particular that will be discussed, whose battle for employment is more difficult than most of others is the ex-criminals and parolee group. As even before the effects of recession had taken place there was always a struggle to obtain a job with a criminal record. This was due to the fact that almost all employers' idea of an ideal employee was one who had an exclusion of a criminal record, which is why there is a constant battle between this sub culture and the dominant hegemonic discourse for employment as they battle to undercut the power of most employers' stereotypical image for an employee. What inspired me to inquire and discuss this subject was a discovery channels episode of pit bulls and parolees where the show focuses on giving Pit bulls second chances to live their lives by finding a home and a caring family for them. The opening message of the show where the owner of the dog pounds refers to the fact that she hires parolees in order to give them a chance when no one else would, this made contemplate and inquire on the actual level of difficulty that those who have a criminal record must go through in order to gain employment. This inquiry led me to many discoveries where statistics indicate that ex-cons and parolees suffer a disadvantage when it comes to being potential employees. Statistics indicate that the government aids this subculture firstly by providing the parolee system itself where current inmates are allowed to temporarily experience the outside world and the government also aids by providing businesses with a range of advantages when they hire those with a criminal record. The government also creates restrictions on the development of current parolees and ex criminals with the amount of rules, regulations and laws they have to follow even when they are physically out of jail these regulations almost act as a barrier to their success as the regulations are presented to work more in favor of monitoring the activity of the parolee or ex-criminal rather than attempting to help in the rehabilitation of the person. An example of this in the state of Pennsylvania from warren forest court of common places would be all the steps taken to monitor the actions taken by each parolee. In this situation the parole officer holds the power over the life of the parolee, where all occurrences must first be proposed and