This backwards idea has been and always will be a problem in society because of a select few who can't accept the fact that ethnicity or cultural differences don't change the fact that we are all human. A couple hundred years ago, African Americans were used as slaves, and as slaves, they were denied the American Dream. There were not any chances for them to move up the social latter or any true possibilities for success. Due to the white oppression which slaves received all those years ago, it wasn't easy to achieve much at all, especially anything which could be coined as the American Dream. Unfortunately, this is still true in today's society, take Donald Trump as an example. He wants to deport thousands of Hispanics which would deprive them of their American Dream. It doesn't matter what goals and aspirations they had in mind because they will never have the chance to attempt it due to