1. Individualism and the American Dream
Society has developed the concept of social class to categorize people into different groups based on economic, political and socio-economic status (The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific Research on Race). ... If an individual has a fairly low social status, the American Dream leads us to believe that we are able to rise from rags to riches and achieve economic stability. Yet in reality, social status is a permanent label that is difficult to manipulate and be able to move classes right away. For example, although people are able to become wealthy through hard work, the...
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