Examples Of Hypocrisy In American History

The popular perception of the American dream is that it is the perfect formula to achieve whatever you desire through unmatched opportunities. However, in reality the core of the dream holds many hidden flaws that ultimately discredit its validity. Throughout American History, examples of the privileged citizens see more respect to every life task that occurs. As for the rest of the population, the minorities who have been stepped over, suffer bias opinions that affect success barriers they attempt to cross. There is a sense of hypocrisy within the American dream discussion because the minorities that supposedly make this country diverse, fall under the crumbles of the privileged. Author Dulce Pinzon shares her analysis of liberty and its limitations

Even though Nguyen worked and studied hard enough to win the spelling bee she still received prejudice remarks by her very own teacher. Mrs Alexander saying “our” spelling bee shows her bias opinions against non americans as she incorporates herself to the group she expected to win. Using Mrs Alexander, an educator held to righteous standards as a role model, in bigger context proves the false nature that everyone can have self made success. As long as these people exist in society as teachers, administrators, and bosses etc, makes it challenging for the unprivileged to overcome limitations and master their life. Nguyen worked extremely hard to win a lion, a symbol of academic achievement, only to be overshadowed by her vietnamese restrictions like many other minorities face in America. Likewise, Dulce Pinzon unveils the truth behind the corruption with visual excerpts of the unprivileged resiliently working for a better life without a glass ceiling. Pinzon exhibits the restraints that exist when she photographs Bernabe Mendez, a professional window cleaner working a dangerous job on a skyscraper. Through extra context commented by Pinzon on top of the picture, there is an

Authors Frederick Douglass and Dulce Pinzon both shine light on the implied false dream with cases projected throughout history. In relation, Douglass states “Fellow-citizens! I will not enlarge further on your national inconsistencies. The existence of slavery in this country brands your republicanism as a sham, your humanity as a base pretence, and your Christianity as a lie. It destroys your moral power abroad; it corrupts your politicians at home”(Douglass). Douglass exposes the american system for attempting to forgo the existence of slavery and calling out the many flaws in the American history. He implies that the American flag has a major stain in the era when slavery occurred, showing the inconsistent errors that this country owned. True rebels who fought against these american flaws were actually distinguished as dangerous vigilantes and pursued violently. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, like Douglass, was a freedom activist that was assasinated for rebelling against the privileged Americans unjust treatment towards the rest of the population. He was deemed a troublemaker instead of a hero, suggesting that the corrupt thinking in the American dream was influential enough to take down a leader that fought back. Basically this bias thinking implies that citizens can speak out, so long as you’re privileged and not