An increasingly flow of immigrants from many parts of the world made their way to America searching for an American Dream. What is the American dream? It is a general believe that all have an equal opportunity to achieve their personal goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve in their homeland. It also associated with the freedom and chance of gaining recognition, power, prosperity and contentment despite of race, religion, class and gender. You might think that, as a citizen of this country, you can accomplish anything if you work hard enough. However, is it true? Can you achieve prosperity without any barriers, have a career, raise a family and live successful and happy life regardless of your class or race? Is the Dream actually
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The country continues to guarantee the inalienable rights of life and liberty, but again America has defaulted. I think a good example of this is the Hurricane Katrina in August 29, 2005. Many people died, because no one saved them. They were condemned to death. Later, Claudia Rankine wrote in her book that “it was the classic binary between the rich and the poor, between the haves and the have-nots, between the whites and the blacks”. In addition to general historical cases of racism, there small interactions such as emotions and feelings that leads to this big …show more content…
You are in despair and do not know what to do. However, when you see that someone has bigger problems than you, you get better. Many white people, as you are in this situations, look for the person, who has worse problems. For many years, “the black man has functioned in the white man’s world as a fixed star, “said Baldwin (294). No matter how terrible their lives can be, there is always one pleasure that they are not black. They believe that even if they at the lower rungs of society, there is always someone just below them. This idea helped these people to not give up and live further. Regarding to African American people, they also learned how survive in such situations and interactions. These people realized that they can be destroyed only if they really believe what others says about them. Nevertheless, the main thing that helped them to survive is their love. In his letter to the nephew, Baldwin’s emphasized that, “if we had not loved each other none of us would have survived” (291). They gave to much love to strengthen each other. Therefore, when they faced with the hardships, the imprisonments and other innumerable sufferings, they survived. I think it is impressively how love inspired those people to not give
The country continues to guarantee the inalienable rights of life and liberty, but again America has defaulted. I think a good example of this is the Hurricane Katrina in August 29, 2005. Many people died, because no one saved them. They were condemned to death. Later, Claudia Rankine wrote in her book that “it was the classic binary between the rich and the poor, between the haves and the have-nots, between the whites and the blacks”. In addition to general historical cases of racism, there small interactions such as emotions and feelings that leads to this big …show more content…
You are in despair and do not know what to do. However, when you see that someone has bigger problems than you, you get better. Many white people, as you are in this situations, look for the person, who has worse problems. For many years, “the black man has functioned in the white man’s world as a fixed star, “said Baldwin (294). No matter how terrible their lives can be, there is always one pleasure that they are not black. They believe that even if they at the lower rungs of society, there is always someone just below them. This idea helped these people to not give up and live further. Regarding to African American people, they also learned how survive in such situations and interactions. These people realized that they can be destroyed only if they really believe what others says about them. Nevertheless, the main thing that helped them to survive is their love. In his letter to the nephew, Baldwin’s emphasized that, “if we had not loved each other none of us would have survived” (291). They gave to much love to strengthen each other. Therefore, when they faced with the hardships, the imprisonments and other innumerable sufferings, they survived. I think it is impressively how love inspired those people to not give