The American Dream In 'Between The World And Me'

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In America, there has always been the white dream with the white picket fences, perfect utopian societies with block associations and boy scouts; The American Dream isn’t shown to be caution yellow tape with white outlines, the chaining of families with melanin in their skin, and brutality of violence. The passage “Between the World and Me” explains that the American dream has always been white because “the destroyers are merely men enforcing the whims of our country, correctly interpreting its heritage and legacy” (Coates, 2015). The author explains there is an American dream in existence because it has always been in their heritage to be the majority and create false realities of Americas. Also, the American Dream has always been white because