the American Dream
...ets there are many flaws. The four tenets are composed of first, that everyone may always purse their dream. The second tenet is that one may reasonably anticipate success. Third tenet, the belief that success results from actions and traits under one’s own control. The fourth tenet, the coup de grace which is the association of success with virtue (Hochschild, 6). The American Dream is certainly a great thing but it is undoubtedly limited due to gender, race and background. After reading Brown vs. The Board of Education, the author demonstrates that inequality plays a huge part in many people’s lives. For instance, education is a form of success and if people aren’t being given equal opportunity in educated because of their race. Then they are being limited to the American Dream and aren’t being exposed to the opportunity to achieve this dream. The author points out a statement stated by Bruce ...