When a person thinks about the idea of the American Dream, the first thing that comes to mind is the notion that everyone is considered equal. Everyone has the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. What is the exact definition for the American Dream? It is defined as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. The concept of the American Dream originates from the 1920’s. In an article written by John Archer, the term “self-made man” combined with a hint of success and riches gave birth to what we now know as the American (Archer 11). From that day forward, this “Dream” is the inspiration for everything U.S. citizens do in their …show more content…
He was the first one to leave for the United States. He said to his wife’s father, “All I want for your daughter and our children is to take them to the United States. I want a good life for them” (Diaz 164). Ramon always wanted the immigrant’s American Dream. A nice house, a family, and a respectful job. When he came to the states, Ramon worked nothing but service jobs. He started at a sandwich shop working twenty hours a day seven days a week. After at, he worked two jobs, one cleaning offices and the other washing dishes. Then when he was in New York, he got another job frying wings and rice at a Chinese place, and the list goes on. Most immigrants who come to the United States are looking for good jobs to support their families, but they are unable to get any type of good job because of their race and foreign background. In article published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Department of Labor, people that are born in the U.S. are more likely to be employed in management and professional jobs than people that are from a foreign country. On the other hand, people from other countries are more likely to get an in service occupations (Foreign-Born 3). Foreign-born people do the jobs that other people do not want to do. The idea of the American Dream is that you can work hard, move up in life, and be successful. In reality, that idea of moving up depends on you race and foreign background. For instance, my father worked two jobs, one at a fencing company and the other working for FedEx, he sacrificed is body to make sure that me and my sister had food on the table. He gets racial discriminated at work, and he gets ripped off all the time. His boss gives him the hardest jobs just because my father was the only African American. Does he get a raise? Does he get rewarded? No. he was stuck in limbo. Because of the low wage he has no way to go