Keeping up with Kenny

After reading Between the World and Me , it is clear that one of the most important concepts stressed by Coates is his version of the American Dream that he calls “the Dream”. Throughout American History, there has always been the idea that if someone came to America, they would achieve the “American Dream” . Due to the freedom, opportunity, and equality that is promised, it becomes embedded in the minds of people from other countries, that they could achieve wealth and success. Coates creates his own version of the “American Dream” and decided to call in the Dream; and his version is very different. Throughout the book, Coates stresses that the United States wasn’t founded on opportunity, equality and freedom, but built on the idea of discrimination and injustice towards the African American community.  Coates’ contrast between the American Dream and the Dream is expressed through the idea that it is extremely accessible for whites to get, but difficult for ...

Picture two different scenarios. Imagine you’re invited to a party and you don't know everyone. You walk down the stairs and instantly feel like you’re standing there feeling like a cow with two heads because it seems like no one is even noticing you. After a while, no one seems to notice you to the point where you want to leave. That doesn’t sound too fun, right? Well, here is the next one: you walk down the stairs to the same party, but this time you’re instantly greeted, people actually notice you and you have the night of your life. Now, which situation sounds better? The second. The difference is the way you were approached. In the first scenario, you didn’t feel welcome, where in the second, when in the second, you were approached and the night was instantly better. I will get back to this idea in a second.  Homecoming for my school was this weekend, and in all honesty it was over hyped. A lot of it is due to people wanting to get funny video to put on our stories at the a...