Overcoming Racial Stereotypes In America

It’s unfortunate this great nation has turned its ways from what once was known as the land of opportunity and when many immigrants had their first glance at Lady Liberty it gave them great hope as it is writing on her plaque "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” The promises of this country have failed the many immigrants that dare to dream for a better life and the frustrations that come with that title are tremendously hard to cope with emotionally and financially. Nonetheless, overcoming the odds of racial stereotypes with fierce determination will produce an outstanding outcome to prove all you need is perseverance. We are a society that is broken and race has drawn a thick line between us. My father was a victim of a double standard hate crime on Martin Luther King Jr. birthday. He was coming from work and was ambushed in an ally by four black men and was assaulted, sadly my father was

In today’s time bias mentalities infer that men born in South America work in construction or transportation and live in poverty. Nevertheless my father defeated the stereotypes by establishing a well known company since 1981 and recently achieving his US citizenship. Through these struggles he became an entrepreneur and the outcome of his company, Carco Transmissions, continues to be outstanding. The myth that many immigrants have heard of the United States “the land of opportunity” has become my father’s saga. The opportunity presented itself and the journey commenced. Although my father’s had set backs his perseverance prevailed. He refused to surrender to the standards that were given to him. My father can also sing “I, too, sing America” a poem by Hughes. This poem refers to the struggles African American faced during slavery but having the last laugh becoming equal with the fellow man. If the opportunity it not their then you create