- Maddie Dellinger
I definitely think that the American Dream is not longer a reality and it hasn't been for a while. The American Dream is a concept that is outdated and has been destroyed by the wealth gap in our country. Higher education has become nearly impossible for people to achieve without drowning in debt, and those who can afford it stay at the top of the socioeconomic food chain. An idea that we touched on in class was that the American Dream is a concept that is primarily pushed by rich white Americans. One example of this would be Donald Trump and his false promises to bring back the American Dream. Donald Trump encourages the American dream however he has no experience with it himself. In an interview he states that " it wasn't easy for me I started out in Brooklyn, my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars". If a small loan is a million dollars then you clearly have no idea what the American dream is all about, and it's thanks to people like you that the American dream is no longer attainable.
- Maddie Dellinger
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