The American Dream
SOC-20-290C WEDNESDAY CLASS
REFLECTION PAPER#1
According to Wikipedia, the American dream is defined as a national ethos of the United States of America, a set of ideals in which freedom includes opportunity for prosperity and success and an upward mobility achieved through hard work. Individual perspectives and definitions of the American dream differ. Most see it as home ownership others especially the immigrants see it an opportunity they never had in their home countries at prosperity. I personally would define the American dream as an opportunity that is available as a resource or anyone regardless of social or political status to achieve and make an upward …show more content…
The contrast from what the United States gives in terms of opportunities for achieving the American dream compared to what most immigrants have in their countries of origin is the Freedom and equality under the law, the resources and infrastructure for personal advancements. And the sense of the new found freedom, plus the means to work hard and get paid better wages makes for a dream beyond comprehension for the immigrants. The American dream for an immigrant is defined in their achieved social, political, educational and economical status. On the other hand the minorities in the United States have found it hard to achieve the American Dream because of institutionalized systems of discriminations that are prevalent in the governments, jobs and school. With a subtle but yet powerful form of discriminations, racisms and biases that to some extent are mandated and sanctioned by some laws. The minorities have found it hard to gainfully be employed, have the relevant education for the blue-collar jobs. As such most minorities are resigned to working hard and being paid less thus the wide wage gap between minorities and the dominant group. The welfare system on the other hand has …show more content…
G., Manstead, A. R., Spears, R., & Bowen, D. (2011). The language barrier? Context, identity, and support for political goals in minority ethnolinguistic groups. British Journal Of Social Psychology, 50(4), 747-768. doi:10.1348/014466610X529907
King, C. E. (1953). THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AMONG AN URBAN SOUTHERN MINORITY POPULATION. Social Forces, 31(4), 352-355.
Healey, J. (2003). Industrialization and dominant-minority relations: From slavery to segregation and coming of post industrial society. In Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: The sociology of group conflict and change (5rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press.
Evaluating the Demographic Impact of Societal Events through Intervention Analysis: The Brown vs. Board of Education Decision
Timothy D. Hogan
Demography, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 673-677
Published by: Springer on behalf of the Population Association of America
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2060923
Healey, J. (2003). African Americans: Understanding Dominant- Minority relations. In Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: The sociology of group conflict and change (5rd ed., p. 252). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge
REFLECTION PAPER#1
According to Wikipedia, the American dream is defined as a national ethos of the United States of America, a set of ideals in which freedom includes opportunity for prosperity and success and an upward mobility achieved through hard work. Individual perspectives and definitions of the American dream differ. Most see it as home ownership others especially the immigrants see it an opportunity they never had in their home countries at prosperity. I personally would define the American dream as an opportunity that is available as a resource or anyone regardless of social or political status to achieve and make an upward …show more content…
The contrast from what the United States gives in terms of opportunities for achieving the American dream compared to what most immigrants have in their countries of origin is the Freedom and equality under the law, the resources and infrastructure for personal advancements. And the sense of the new found freedom, plus the means to work hard and get paid better wages makes for a dream beyond comprehension for the immigrants. The American dream for an immigrant is defined in their achieved social, political, educational and economical status. On the other hand the minorities in the United States have found it hard to achieve the American Dream because of institutionalized systems of discriminations that are prevalent in the governments, jobs and school. With a subtle but yet powerful form of discriminations, racisms and biases that to some extent are mandated and sanctioned by some laws. The minorities have found it hard to gainfully be employed, have the relevant education for the blue-collar jobs. As such most minorities are resigned to working hard and being paid less thus the wide wage gap between minorities and the dominant group. The welfare system on the other hand has …show more content…
G., Manstead, A. R., Spears, R., & Bowen, D. (2011). The language barrier? Context, identity, and support for political goals in minority ethnolinguistic groups. British Journal Of Social Psychology, 50(4), 747-768. doi:10.1348/014466610X529907
King, C. E. (1953). THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AMONG AN URBAN SOUTHERN MINORITY POPULATION. Social Forces, 31(4), 352-355.
Healey, J. (2003). Industrialization and dominant-minority relations: From slavery to segregation and coming of post industrial society. In Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: The sociology of group conflict and change (5rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press.
Evaluating the Demographic Impact of Societal Events through Intervention Analysis: The Brown vs. Board of Education Decision
Timothy D. Hogan
Demography, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 673-677
Published by: Springer on behalf of the Population Association of America
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2060923
Healey, J. (2003). African Americans: Understanding Dominant- Minority relations. In Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: The sociology of group conflict and change (5rd ed., p. 252). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge