The American Dream In The Film 'Clueless'

The American dream has always been in a constant state of political slander. Whether it be when the original thirteen colonies were established under British rule, causing an outcry among many of our early founding fathers, as well as the immigrants that lived within the chaos itself, or perhaps something more recent like the election of Donald J. Trump. Millennials, a demographic that gave rise to the age of social media, who stretch the topic of free speech to its utmost potential, say that the American dream is dead. This, at least when you put in into perspective of today’s times, is true. The American dream, as stated by millennials, is dead. The American dream enlists freedom, something that has long sense lost its meaning. To quote the film Clueless, “it does not say R.S.V.P. on the statue of liberty.” I come from a primarily Irish background, my ancestors were Irish. They immigrated to America during the peak of the industrial revolution, a time where more than one-half of Ireland’s population moved from their country to one that promised things they could only dream about. America promised them the freedom to become what they wanted to become, invest in what they wanted to invest, and start a brighter future for their families. Some might say that, due to the back lash immigrants like my family received at that time, would ensue the idea that the American dream has never quite been there at all. However, they’d be wrong because at least immigrants were allowed to come to America in the first place. Despite packing the country with more than half of their population, these Irish families were given the chance to improve their way of life. Donald J. Trump recently passed a travel ban on seven Muslim countries, the same countries that are facing daily bombings that don’t have a bias on who they intend to kill. These refugees don’t have the luxury of having a military to protect them, or a police force to keep their families safe and, if they do, it’s nothing like what we have in America. The bombings wipe out men, women, and children. They slaughter hundreds, they destroy homes and whatever is left of businesses, they create a war torn country that nobody should be forced to live in. Yet, Trump’s ban insists that everyone coming from these areas are “terrorists” sent by ISIS, even though ISIS is the very thing that these “terrorists” are trying to escape. They don’t have the chance that my Irish ancestors did, instead they are left to wait until another attack wipes out their dearest loved ones. That isn’t freedom, it is mass genocide. As long as things like racial bias or sexism exist, we will never be able to achieve the American dream. If there is one thing that millennials are good at, it’s stating their opinion. All you have to do is look through one of their social media pages, and you’re bound to see comments over politics, feminism, or the issues that many non-white Americans face on …show more content…
This is correct, because if the American dream were to exist, we as a nation wouldn’t have to face the number of morally challenging topics that we do today. Racism wouldn’t be an issue, sexism would cease to exist entirely, and people who are only coming for a better life would have that