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-The American Dream Before reading the different articles on the “American Dream”, I did not know anything about the American Dream. But now I have a better understanding of it. We are living the American Dream. The American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. None of this applies to us because nothing is equal in America. The reasons why I believe that we are not living the American Dream in the 1960s is because we are still living with “Discrimination” according to the Mike Brown case. “Indifference” has a lot to do with the way the society is today. Finally, “Economic Indifference” is also evidence that we are not living …show more content…

I do believe that society is still indifferent today. Indifferent means lack of interest or concern; no difference. Many Americans are in this kind of mindset about issues and that's why America will never change. While reading the speech “Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel, I observed that being “Indifferent was a negative thing. In his speech he states “Not doing anything makes you just as guilty as the “bully” hurting the “victim”. This means that by you not doing anything to make a situation better, you are just as much of a problem. This also means that if people ever want to see America change then they need to start caring and not being part of the problem. Everyone wants to live this “American Dream” but no one is doing anything to make this into a reality. Elie Wiesel also states “Indifference, then, it's not only a sin it is a punishment”. This means that it’s not only bad to not care but it’s really not fair to everyone else. Some people actually want to see a change in America and by some people not caring is only keeping America at the same level instead of helping us move up. Mr. Wiesel said this speech in 1999, this just shows that America hasn’t changed at all. This just shows that something needs to be done so that Americans can get the “Dream” that they have been working hard for. It’s time for a change, if not it's only going to hurt us even …show more content…

In the poem “Let America be America Again” by Langston Hughes, he states “The millions who have nothing for our pay--Except the dream that’s almost dead”. This means that people have been working hard all their lives to be successful and to live the “American Dream”, but it's all fake. This also shows that the American Dream really doesn’t exist. The documentary “Inequality For All” by Robert Reich has showed us that America really isn’t equal. Robert Reich states “The middle class is struggling”. This means that the middle is having to work ten times harder than the upper class to make a living and it's just not fair. This shows that everyone is just “indifferent”. This also shows that no one seems to care about making America the real “Dream”. I’m starting to question, who is actually looking out for the American workers? And to be honest, it’s NOBODY!! Mr. Reich also states “400 people have the most money in the U.S”. This is just showing Americans that the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. Economic Indifference is just making things harder and harder for Americans to make this dream into a

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