Myth Of The American Dream Research Paper

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Mike Yolo Professor Josh Pryor English 111 Sec 07 February 9, 2012 Myth of the American Dream For many that believe in the American Dream, anything is possible and attainable through hard work and determination. This concept is played on the belief that America is a classless society, though records of American facts will state otherwise. Being successful financially and to be moderns Renaissance man is how many view the American Dream. To have more than an average salary and to be beyond successful in every aspect that life throws at you. Most idealistic thoughts of the American Dream relies on the assumption that people are not discriminated against whether its race, gender, religion and also sexuality, though this is another unfortunate…show more content…
This type of discrimination prevents many from attaining their goals of reaching the American dream. There are people that believe one gender over the other is simply more valuable and useful compared to the other, which unfortunately lead to unequal opportunity. Gender discrimination is usually targeted towards woman in most cases, many believe that women are of weaker nature and therefore cannot perform better than men could. Marissa Salazar had been a recent target of gender discrimination in her workforce, much related to the issue of Mr. Palmer. Gender discrimination leads to psychological and emotional disturbance, resulting in demoralization and descend in performance standards. It brings down the overall performance, and fuels more discrimination, which in turn increases the number of gaps in ones work further. After Ms. Salazar had been let go from her work, she had difficulty getting back into the workforce and putting effort into the tasks she was doing. She had later lost her home and had to move into a much more affordable accommodation due to her not finding a stable job. Ms. Salazar was not able to reach the full potential of the American dream due to the gender discrimination she had experienced in her workforce and the negative aftermath it had done to her psychologically. This is compared to many of the cases that…show more content…
A person’s sexual orientation is sometimes sought as the full potential of a person, as if their orientation determines of what type of person they are. Many from the gay community find it difficult to be accepted in their community which makes it unable for them to reach their goal of the American dream, maintaining a stable job, having a nice home, having friends that are always there for you. Though it all begins from the workforce, trying to get a stable job that will help them reach their potential. Discrimination at the workforce also affects the society. The socio-economic inequalities get widened and social cohesion and solidarity are eroded. This results in wastage of human talent and resources. Young adult’s arte the victims of these acts and unfortunately suffer in the long run mentally. This leads to them not coming out about their sexual orientation and sometimes led to harmful acts such as the recent suicides that have been caused due to discrimination towards their sexuality. This prevents them from reaching the mass’ sought of the American dream and leads to negative acts instead and detrimental
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