A tale of two stories

Meditations on the American Dream. History shows that African Americans were born into a world that provided them with disappointment and injustice. Therefore, the American Dream has never been a concept they could expect to achieve that none could hope to accomplish. Associate professor of sociology Angel Adams Parham reflects on how “such injustice can understandably lead to prolonged bitterness and anger, black Americans have more profitably translated their hurt and anger into powerful art and constructive protest.”