give your defention of the american dream...
what are some of the goals to get there?
is there any stereo types?
2006-12-11 12:54:58 · 21 answers · asked by Manda K 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
details please, im giving a speach on this tomorrow, i need to know peoples oppinions
2006-12-11 13:01:55 · update #1
American dream: as an African American, to be free from hatred and prejudice outside of the race and within the race. Goal to get there, start with my daughter and people around me to be an example of love. Stereotype? Just because a person is poor or down on their luck doesn't make them a 2nd class person. People need to be judge on actions and intention, if they are going to be judged at all.
2006-12-11 12:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by volkgal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American dream is to live the life the way that you wish and be what ever you want to become. Quite often today, the federal and state govts make this very difficult. It is not the land of the free as it once was however the possibilities are still out there for all of us.
2006-12-11 20:58:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the American Dream was coming to America (as an immigrant) with nothing and becoming a success (i.e. making a lot of money.) This is the land of opportunity.
2006-12-11 20:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by kwightman69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The american dream to means to make a better place for your family. to be able to give your family a shelter, food, love, care, and an education. the american dream is to be able to live a life were you are not judged, critisized, or mistreated. My advice: follow your dreams, don't give up on them and they might come true.
2006-12-11 20:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Boricua♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lets see.. you work hard at a job you hate making enough money to support an ungrateful family all your life.. then you retire and your kids move off and never speak to you again and your retirement pay doesn't pay the bills so you work as a greeter at wal-mart to make ends meet until you become too old to work and then get put in a nursing home to be forgotten.. that pretty much sums it up..
2006-12-11 20:57:17 · answer #5 · answered by Byakuya 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to go back to los angeles, publish a book and entice producers to make it into a movie. write more books including 1 childrens book. buy an slr camera and become a "hobby" photographer. get into a good social circle. buy a house and car and marry my boyfriend. open a media production/photography company.
2006-12-11 20:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by painintheneck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me the American dream represents the oppression of many to fulfill the dreams of the few. I also see it as the ideological bastard child of manifest destiny. So there.........:(
2006-12-11 21:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by manbearpig 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm living it now.
Freedom of speech, of press, liberty with laws and order. Freedom from tyranny, the ability to pull one's self by the bootstraps and win. Pass it to the kids and hope that they know what a precious thing it is. And remember that others would have died to come here, knowing that it is a workable dream.
2006-12-11 20:56:35 · answer #8 · answered by Benvenuto 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The american dream is,,,
what ever you want to do, you can.
its not free so you will have to work for it.
2006-12-11 20:59:03 · answer #9 · answered by Gummy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to own your own house and be married to the perfect man or woman to have 2.3 kids a dog a white picket fence
2006-12-11 21:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by nicname 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋