What Is The Dream Of The African American Dream

For our youth and the African Americans of today, the American dream is not easily attained. The reason being, the way that this generation is set up and how the people live today. There are so many problems with the world today and not many people are willing to do things to change it and/or make it better. Although America is getting better it is also getting worse at the same time, which makes the dream not easy to attain for these types of citizens. Things such as segregation and equality upon the minorities and the whites, money issues for African Americans or other minorities, and bad education systems for the youth. Unless people change these things and try and make America greater, the dreams of these citizens will forever be difficult

For one, colored people suffer more financially. In the year of 2001, twenty-two point seven percent of colored people lived in poverty as for whites it was only seven point eight percent. For three years, colored people suffered a wealth reduction of thirty-one percent and white people only suffered a percentage of eleven. Financially, colored people suffer way more than whites do. Another thing someone needs to achieve their dream would be to have money and/or have good finances. African Americans cannot achieve their dreams if they are not good financially. in 2001, the per capita income for whites was over twenty-four thousand dollars, while for colored people it was barely over fifteen thousand. These income gaps show how much of difference there is between coloreds and whites financially. The average middle class net worth for whites and colored people also have a huge gap. The net worth for a colored family is eleven thousand dollars while for a white family it is one-hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars. That gap is ridiculous and is just not fair one bit. Also for African Americans it is harder for them to get jobs than white people. Unemployment rates are much higher for colored people than for whites. The unemployment rate for colored people was nine and a half percent and for whites it was four and a half percent(White). If a person cannot get a job, then they cannot achieve their