The American dream was something that everyone was striving for and it became embedded in our heads that hard work and self-motivation is the key to achieving the American Dream. It’s not fair to say that everyone starts their race at the start line. Some will say it’s based on our decisions and opportunities that gets us to the finish line. Metaphorically that may be true, but in today’s reality it’s more than starting at the same start line. It’s being rich and white that gets people to the finish line (to achieve the American dream without difficulties). Achieving the American Dream was important for past and future generations, however it’s gotten clearer why so many people of color fail to reach this dream. After reading Tim Wise’s book “Dear white America”, he brings a reality that has been hidden for centuries which is, The American Dream was invented by old white men whose only intentions were to build a great country for people of the same class and…show more content… Mostly due by brokers giving out loans to families, mostly those of low income minorities. Eventually they could not afford to make payments because of extremely high interest rates that sky rocketed after a few months. They did this out of self-greed and saw a vulnerable population and targeted them. During the next couple of years following the 2008 blowout, thousands of people had no choice but to foreclose on their new homes. Leaving them with no choice but to move in to even pooper communities. In one of the studies Tim Wise talks about, blacks are six in ten times more likely to be treated poorly by lenders than whites. Even if they have high income, better interest rates, and less debt than whites (Wise,page 31). Since the burst of the housing bubble, it also affected whites in the same way and forcing them into a world they’re not use to. However, whites still have better chances of recovering compared to a
