How does America still provide access to the American Dream to the "tired, the poor, and the huddled masses"?
Amazing question! The short answer is, absolutely. But I'm often incapable of short answers. How many people living in abject poverty are told some variation of "pull up your bootstraps" because the individual is solely responsible for his or her success? The problem with North America is that it puts too much emphasis on the power of the individual to overcome--to overcome prejudice, discrimination, economic intolerance. There's no money in welfare; there's no money in prevention; there's no money for the homeless. And there is no desire to help others as a result of extreme individualism. Why care if it's not you? I like "evangelize tantalizing images" because that's exactly what it is. There are so many stories about achieving the American Dream...but just as many about losing that dream. Even in those, the individual is ultimately responsible for whatever fate the writer determines. The emphasis on the accessibility of the American Dream is pronounced--but it's necessary. Without it, how can governments, the media and other corporate entities convince us to buy into the whole fantasy? Everybody keeps telling us it's within our grasp, and it just might happen, so we keep going in the hope that it will.
How does america still provide access to the american dream?
One American who has a Japanese citizenship says the American dream like this. He used to be American, but he has been to Japan for over 30 years, and is now Japanese. http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-american-dream.html
What does the "American Dream" mean for Native Americans?
I am doing a research paper on the "American Dream". My professor's only guidelines are: the paper has to be 7 pages, and that the thesis must revolve around the American Dream. I decided to write about where Native American's fall into that category, because it seems that any vision of their American Dream must have been destroyed by the colonization of America by the Europeans. I want to write about the process of how their "american dream" was taken from them, and use a time line of events, and eventually talk about how life on reservations is today, and bring up a call to action. I was wondering if anyone had any sources i could use, that deals with any of the topics i have mentioned. There is a lack of information on "Native Americans and the American Dream", I guess I'm not surprised. But it seems like it is an important topic to talk about. Thanks
Neither one is correct; It should be The American Dream which describes the opportunity for everybody to achieve their fullest potential. It is misunderstood amongst many as meaning the opportunity to own a lot, have the house the boat the...etc; but it is speaking inherently, as stated in first sentence, of the chances and ability for one to achieve regardless of their stature in life. This is a fine line here as we know that so often the idea of attaining ones full potential brings along with it the car (if desired) the stature (if needed) but, regardless of those two the individual achieves the American Dream as once intended by bringing out their best. This means a recall of Einsteins declaration that“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”― Albert Einstein I myself would include the article 'the' as part of the noun itself and say "The American Dream." On the second 'the America dream', did you intentially leave the 'n' off or was that a typo?
That depends on what the "American Dream" means to you. Does it mean money, a high powered position, a mansion on a mountain with a condo at the beach? Or perhaps instead, it means personal success to include learning and growing while showcasing acts of kindness which may enable others to succeed as well? My version of the American Dream is personal fulfillment which includes helping others, putting my best foot forward with my work so that I know the money I make to sustain a household was truly earned. It's never been about climbing a corporate ladder and making tons of money. At the end of the day, you should feel good about what you did that day and how you have contributed to society, your family and continued personal growth for yourself. It's the pursuit of happiness!
The American Dream has always been associated with social mobility, the dream that anybody no matter how poor could become millionaire or the President of the U.S. (clearly this is possible even with no qualifications but definitely a lot of money is always needed).The ‘American Dream’, however, is a dream by itself. Here the facts:As you can see, U.S. Americans largely overestimate their social mobility compared to European countries who largely underestimate it. However, most European countries have significantly larger social mobility than the U.S. and therefore the American Dream is paradoxically not in America. This was probably slightly different after the WWII but has never really been there. The American Dream is an American Nightmare considering that people not wealthy enough have no access to basic healthcare cannot send their children to university without getting into deep debt and nowhere else in the world people work so many hours per week (Americans Work More Than Anyone ABC News).Here is what happens:“Despite Americans’ seemingly underdeveloped sense of their own geography, history and domestic policy, they did score high points on the issue of patriotism, calling America “the greatest country in the world” (47 percent), “the best state of all the Unites States” (31 percent), and “a place to definitely explore when I finally get my passport” (22 percent).”From: Poll: 73 Percent Of Americans Unable To Locate America On Map Of America
Not really. The American Dream has always been associated with social mobility, the dream that anybody no matter how poor could become millionaire or the President of the U.S. (clearly this is possible even with no qualifications but definitely a lot of money is always needed).The ‘American Dream’, however, is a dream by itself. Here the facts:As you can see, U.S. Americans largely overestimate their social mobility compared to European countries who largely underestimate it. However, most European countries have significantly larger social mobility than the U.S. and therefore the American Dream is paradoxically not in America. This was probably slightly different after the WWII but has never really been there. The American Dream is an American Nightmare considering that people not wealthy enough have no access to basic healthcare cannot send their children to university without getting into deep debt and nowhere else in the world people work so many hours per week (Americans Work More Than Anyone ABC News).Here is what happens:“Despite Americans’ seemingly underdeveloped sense of their own geography, history and domestic policy, they did score high points on the issue of patriotism, calling America “the greatest country in the world” (47 percent), “the best state of all the Unites States” (31 percent), and “a place to definitely explore when I finally get my passport” (22 percent).”From: Poll: 73 Percent Of Americans Unable To Locate America On Map Of America