The “American Dream” is the Idea of a Liberal and Prosperous America

 It has always been around since the 19th century when they discovered the North American continent, the development of the Enlightenment, The establishment Of the Capitalist Economy, along with the Westward Movement. When the Historian James Truslow Adams provided us with an insight of his idea of the American dream, in 1931 he stated “The American Dream is the Dream of the land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement.” where he clarified, “it is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of a social order in which each man and woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and recognized by others for what they are”. It refers to the freedom, opportunities and equalities people should receive in the United States regardless of race, culture and social class.

In general everyone can achieve their goals as long as you force yourself, work hard and you have the desire to go forward in life. Along with Thomas Jefferson wherein the declaration of independence he wrote that people are “endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that along these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There is an amplitude of inhabitants who came to America to make a difference in their lives, not only for them but for others as well which it will take sacrifice, strength, and most importantly courage, to face the world and achieve their dreams, For instance Martin Luther King Jr, barrack Obama, and Donald trump.

Each president had a dream to obtain. Mainly for the humanity, it may be for good or bad but they were willing to do anything to get what they wanted in America. Let’s start off with Martin Luther king jr. Martin Luther King Jr. An extraordinary American civil rights civilist who was born in January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, He was a man who is best known for his phrase “i have a dream” which we all can relate to, because just like we all have dreams, he had a dream of his own which he wanted to fulfill. He devoted his life to desegregation and nonviolence, he disputed for equal rights for everyone regardless of race and ethnicity.

He can be described as a courage man who is willing to do anything to achieve his goal even if it meant giving his life away, where at some point in his life in a speech he mentioned “if anyone must die in this movement, i pray that it be me” more clear as water could not have said, he clearly would sacrifice his life in exchange of equality. Back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, he had a major impact on civil rights where at that time there was no equality for people, due to the fact that people with different races could not sit together, African Americans were only able to ride in the back seats, where white people had more priority based on their skin color. Children’s were not granted to attend at the same school and receive the same education nor contribute the same churches. If disobeyed they may be at risk of being under arrest, murdered or even beaten.

Martin Luther King Jr’s conspicuity in the civil rights movement accomplished the respect of many political commanders, which gave him the power to perform a dominant transformation. By the year 1960 Martin Luther king was greatly pledged for the passing of the civil rights act and as well for the voting act for African Americans. With his achievements, United States and the world changed remarkably so that people could not be treated differently because of their race. From there on people would describe him as a civil rights leader, humanitarian, a person who cared about other people’s rights, he would put others first before himself.

His dream was achieved, but that was not all he dreamed of, he also dreamed for everyone to live and accept one another, his inspiration was also to end segregation, to discontinue poverty. Sadly Furthermore he was able to make his dream come true; he is one example of a person trying to achieve a dream in America, where equalness has been fulfilled. Adolescents regardless there color can go to school and get the same education, schools have no forced segregation in them, white and black people are allowed to collaborate with each other, multicultural marriages are acceptable, another way that his dream been fulfilled is black and whites possess the same opportunities in life where nowadays nobody is treated differently.

The majority of the people in today’s society are not racist. If we look back at Martin Luther King Jr. Time and look how things are today, we can see things have changed, where racism is no longer seen as it was back then. He is one example that you can obtain your dreams, and that dreams do matter, because thanks to your dreams it can help the world and make a difference towards time. A role model who was willing to make a change for many people who came to America for a better future, Barack Hussein Obama who was our 44th president of the United States and was appointed at the white house from January 20, 2009 till January 20, 2017, the American dream in the presidents view incorporates the following points or policies like for instants the provision of a universal health care cover, expansion in number of paid sick days, make college education affordable for students with low incomes.

His main goal was for everyone in America to have an opportunity Today in the 21th century many Americans have lost their faith in the idea of the American Dream, imperialist policies of the U.S government more than the economic crisis are responsible for the occurrence of this situation, Our 45th president of the united states Donald trump, what Martin Luther King Jr fought in the time 1950 and 1960s, now Donald Trump’s immigration policies are pulling the dreams from many wishful Americans, his procedure which he is willing to obtain is to dismiss every person who causes danger in America, along with all the dreamers who are allowed to live in America covered by the deferred action for childhood arrival program who are patiently eager on congress and the courts to see if they will be authorized to stay.

Daca is not just a simple piece of paper for all these dreamers, it’s the opportunity they appealing for, considering a better job, earning higher wages and to obtain more sophisticated working conditions, as well as the capability to buy a car or even own a home. All this 800,000 dreamers are hard working youngsters which came to America to enrich and strengthen our cities, states, schools, businesses, congregations and families. Assuming that the Republicans and the Trump Administration abolish these protections from Dreamers, thousands of young Americans would be bound back into the shadows.

Families would be split apart, employment would be cast away, academic careers would be discontinued, and communities would be made less risk free. We’ve invested in these Dreamers already the moment the stepped foot in America by providing them education, work, freedom, we might as well considerate their potential and give them the opportunity to achieve and return that investment by enriching the country as adults. Perhaps the Dreamers are not capable to obtain federal benefits like financial aid or food stamps, but we have to be aware that they do pay taxes.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that Dreamers pay over $1.2 billion annually in federal, state and local taxes. That’s $1.2 billion that may disappear from our budgets if President Trump repeals this program. It’s time to put politics aside and do the right thing for our communities by giving Dreamers the certainty and respect they deserve. Going back to the phrase that Adam defined his American dream as the dream” “, the American dream, does it matter? In my view the American dream does not care what religion you practice, what gender you are and what nationality you come from, the American dream is a fundamental part of what makes the united states of America. Parents want their children to do better, to have more opportunities then they did.

 

 

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