Early Life
Ritzer was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in New York City. His father worked as a taxi cab driver and his mother was employed as a secretary in order to support Ritzer and his younger brother. Ritzer later described his upbringing as “upper lower class”. After his father became ill, Ritzer recalled instances when his mother had to break open the family's piggy bank in order to provide for the family.
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