"I am the darker brother

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I’ll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody’ll dare

Say to me,

“Eat in the kitchen,”

Then.

Besides,

They’ll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed—

I, too, am America."

Langston Hughes American Dream is to be treated equally as the other people, he gets sent to eat in the kitchen because he's a POC but one day he said he will be treated equally as the white people who eat at the table and no one will dare to tell him to eat in the kitchen due to the complexion of his skin color. Langston Hughes wrote this poem to express how he felt like an unforgotten American citizen because of his skin color. Langston Hughes claims that he is also American, even though the dominant members of society are constantly pushing him aside because of his ancestry of African American.

Reyna explains how her father had left Mexico with high expectations of his life changing as soon as he got across the Mexican/American border. This is very important because he left his country because he wanted to have an better future.

The percentage of people who believe the 'American Dream' is somewhat high meanwhile the percentage of people who believe that it is not attainable is extremely low.


"Among people who believe there is such a thing as the American dream, many define it as an ability to achieve economic success with hard work. Others talk about living a life of freedom without government interference, or name specific markers of achieving the dream, such as home ownership and being able to pay for their children to attend college.(Sander)

The American Dream doesn't need to be one thing it could be a financial thing, equal opportunities, or even a dream for future generations to accomplish things we couldn't accomplish.

"People who said the American dream is unattainable for themselves were asked in an open-end question why they believe that to be the case. Many cite income inequality in the U.S., personal financial struggles, an inability to work, and current economic challenges as reasons that the American dream is not attainable for them."(Sander)

The 9% that voted that the 'American Dream' is unobtainable and the answer is a fact not an opinion that people struggle financially and they sometimes don't have money for themselves because they needed to waste it on rent or even on market.