American Dream/Nightmare
THEN and NOW
THEN
NOW
Declaration of Independence
Pursuit of Happiness
Life
Liberty
Equality
Thomas Jefferson
dynamic society
salad bowl
melting pot
migration
Civil Rights Movement
Believes
next generation will do better than the one before
Everyone can become successful
by working hard
everyone can beat the odds
rags-to-riches
Freedom Riders
Martin Luther King
and Rosa Parks
Black Panthers
fighting for homosexuality
AD becoming extinct?
Detroit
racism
more losers than winners
climbing up the social ladder
discrimination
Culture War vs Class War
Conflict between the upper and lower middle class
Race divide
white flight
whites move to white communities
blacks move to black communities
Distrust in politicians