In the text “Between The World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, he speaks about what it means to be black in America. The text is written to his son and explains to him how to survive in this corrupted country. Coates explains the American Dream and defines it as well; giving us an insight on what it actually would mean. The American dream; what is it really, and what does it mean to the citizens of America? American in general does not have a good reputation with its people, as well as the “Minorities” of America. America was built on the deaths of millions of what we would call “minorities” today. The American Dream is not what it claims to be, and involves the exploitation of the citizens, primarily black americans who had contributed the most
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No matter how you cut it; if you see America, you see the Kardashians. This phenomena cannot be explained nor understood. How can a seemingly “Normal” family become the face of America as well as the American Dream. Most to almost all Americans could name the whole Kardashian family and they even watch their lives on television for years on end. An example of white privilege associated with the American Dream is 18 year old Kylie Jenner. Coates writes “Racism- the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce and destroy them”(7). The black community and black people in general have been humiliated, by cartoons, costumes and countless other methods. Kylie Jenner has transformed from a thin-lipped skinny white teenager, and within a year turned into a plump lipped, curvy woman. Kylie Jenner has undergone heavy criticism for appropriating features that have been linked with the black community. This is the kind of privilege that white people have; to take any feature or attribute from another ethnicity or culture, and parade it around like it is theirs. This is a keen example of the American Dream. If the American Dream will change or conform to fit everyone 's needs is unknown, and if that happens the question is when. If the American dream were to change, then that would require changing the system of America from the schools, the jobs as well as the opportunities that America has in place of its white citizens. The American Dream involves the exploitation of black bodies as well as persons of color, and if we want to change this country we must start with
No matter how you cut it; if you see America, you see the Kardashians. This phenomena cannot be explained nor understood. How can a seemingly “Normal” family become the face of America as well as the American Dream. Most to almost all Americans could name the whole Kardashian family and they even watch their lives on television for years on end. An example of white privilege associated with the American Dream is 18 year old Kylie Jenner. Coates writes “Racism- the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce and destroy them”(7). The black community and black people in general have been humiliated, by cartoons, costumes and countless other methods. Kylie Jenner has transformed from a thin-lipped skinny white teenager, and within a year turned into a plump lipped, curvy woman. Kylie Jenner has undergone heavy criticism for appropriating features that have been linked with the black community. This is the kind of privilege that white people have; to take any feature or attribute from another ethnicity or culture, and parade it around like it is theirs. This is a keen example of the American Dream. If the American Dream will change or conform to fit everyone 's needs is unknown, and if that happens the question is when. If the American dream were to change, then that would require changing the system of America from the schools, the jobs as well as the opportunities that America has in place of its white citizens. The American Dream involves the exploitation of black bodies as well as persons of color, and if we want to change this country we must start with