Achieving The American Dream

Within America, thousands of different ideals pertaining to the proper way to live as an outstanding citizen exist. The most iconic of these ideas being the American Dream, as it is the impetus of the immigration of millions into the United States. With the term originating from James Adam’s book titled The Epic of America (1931), the American Dream is the ideal which emphasizes that equal opportunities conjoined with equal rights are available for all citizens within the United States meaning that everyone has the same likelihood of becoming wealthy within America.This ideal is often associated with Walt Disney’s quote “If you can dream it, you can achieve It”. Looking back in history, the dream is initially seen via the idea of Manifest Destiny, …show more content…
Originating from times as early as the Egyptians, the idea of inferiority has and always will exist is one medium or another. When Europeans migrated to the Americas, the conclusion that harvesting would prove strenuous formed.To achieve the growing demands and standards for harvested material, the United States institutes slavery. During this instance of slavery, Africans were extracted from their homes and put to work on plantations throughout the European-ruled Americas. This heinous crime, justified by the idea that Africans inferior to those of European decent, not human, and merely savages, dim-witted apes, and other derogatory terms too horrendous to label, led to a poor, malevolent treatment of the african minority until the abolishment of slavery. Although slavery is now illegal, a stigma formed, resulting in racist acts which are preventing specific minorities (such as blacks, mexicans, transgender, etc.) from achieving their goals and offering other majority an advantage. One instance of how can be applied is with women (the minority) and ideology that men and better suited for certain jobs/tasks. A direct instance of this racism/implicit bias is within the play A Raisin in the Sun where Jark Kinder, a representative sent to persuade the Younger family to cancel their plans to move into Clybourne Park, states “I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities.” (Hansberry 118) which is similar today with the belief that immigrants, Muslims and individuals from the Middle East oppose a threat to society due to their association with terrorism. In theory, several

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