The Cheater's Guide To The American Dream

The United States is known for having a great variety of people and cultures from all around the world. The American Dream is build on the idea of the land of opportunities, on these lands individuals and their families are able to thrive and live a fruitful life full of happiness and riches. For many new families arriving in the US, the American Dream is too far away and their lives are often filled with exhaustion and low wages. Minority families in the United States can only hope that their children can reach the American Dream they once longed for and were forced to give up. One of the largest groups of minority people are of Hispanic or Latino descent. With the odds against them, many Hispanic “minority” children are taking advantage of their opportunities and becoming successful adults. Young …show more content…
However, Latinos often struggle without specified resources to deal with emotions and risk factors. In Diaz’ magazine article, “The Cheater’s Guide to Love” we notice him speaking on his girlfriend’s accomplishments which included getting into law school and passing the bar exam, even though he later put down Hispanic and Black women by saying “Only a bitch of color comes to Harvard to get pregnant.” With the home life issue of poverty and lack of education, it comes as no surprise that Hispanic teen females also have higher pregnancy rates (Paez). Beyond sexual risk factors that lead to pregnancy, there are also social-emotional issues they must deal with. According to Reyes, “increasing levels of poverty, violence, substance abuse, and declines in academic performance are some of the stressors or negative outcomes of stress experienced by American children and adolescents (742.) If Latino adults are able to be successful against these categories, they are concurrently adapting to a better lifestyle. A more relaxed lifestyle lets a person expand the horizons, this does take