Are Any Of Us Really 'American Dream'?

Are Any of Us Really ‘American’?
The American Dream is seen as an equal opportunity for every person that lives in America. After reading Bharati Mukherjee’s “American Dreamer” and watching Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech, the idea of being an American and the sense of the reality of the American Dream has been changed for me. Before studying those documents, I was under the impression that America was equal and everyone here got to live fairly and freely. Even though the American Dream is seemingly perfect from the outside, it is not realistic for everyone because of the flaws that go on behind the scenes in the everyday lives of certain Americans.
In the preeminent speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King on August 28, 1963,

He describes many of the hardships faced by the African American community, and that shows how racism is still very prominent and will be until everyone decides to make a change. Dr. King continues to reiterate his dream by stating, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.’” He uses different words throughout his speech, but he always portrays the same sentiment: all Americans should be treated as equal and as human no matter their skin

citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship. What I didn't have to disclose was that I desired "America," which to me is the stage for the drama of self-transformation.”
As she describes what it means to be a naturalized citizen, she also begins to bring up the problems faced by minorities, but specifically by Indians such as herself. She begins her story with how she first came to America and had no idea what to expect. As she continues, her readers learn about the lack of diversity in Iowa, which is where she first moved to when she came from India.
“When I landed in Iowa 35 years ago, I found myself in a society in which almost everyone was Christian, white, and moderately well-off. In the women's dormitory I lived in my first year, apart from six international graduate students (all of us were from Asia and considered "exotic"), the only non-Christian was Jewish, and the only nonwhite an African-American from Georgia.”
She explains how she was one of the only non-white, non-Christians in her school. This labeled her as “exotic” although she just wanted to be a normal student with equal opportunities. Her family came to America in search of equal opportunity, but what they found was resistance and discrimination aimed at those not naturally