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