Something I found particularly interesting from this reading was Marpessa’s assertion that white people fear having their “piece of the American Dream” stolen by a black person. This notion made me think about the current political climate. The way Marpessa describes the American Dream here seems to be in alignment with a lot of what is said today that helped Trump get elected: a major reason that a lot of Trump supporters want to tighten the reins on immigration as well as bring jobs back to America is because they think that opportunities that are rightfully theirs are being taken away. In this sense, they too fear their piece of the American Dream is being stolen from them by someone they view as less deserving. This view is also completely opposite from what we read from MLK, who said that no one’s American Dream can truly be attained without everyone’s being attained. Whose version do you all agree with more? Why? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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