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61 responses tagged with "discrimination", "justice", "poverty", and "stability "
The Myth of the American Dream Keelin W., Staples High School , Connecticut The illusion of the American Dream has misleadingly lead minorities into a mindless society. In America, we are known as the land of opportunity and success. By us remaining ignorant to the inequal... Tagged With discrimination , education , ignorance , poverty , racism
Reality of the American Dream taryn m, Royal Oak High School, Michigan My piece is about the varying views and realities on the American Dream. Tagged With america
Don't Hate, Appreciate! Kaya L., Classen School of Advanced Studies , Oklahoma I wrote this essay to help explain that we should all be equal in America and be accepting of each other. Tagged With equality
The Failure of Our Affirmative Action System Maxim L., Okemos High School , Michigan In the United States, affirmative action is used to promote diversity in universities. Universities take race into consideration during their admissions process. But how exactly did we get here? Wh... Tagged With education
What's to Be Done? Claire R., Royal Oak High School, Michigan In America, there are those who are affluent and those who are not. I am just one person but I speak for many when I say I lived a less affluent life as a child, and will likely experience being im... Tagged With poverty
On the Promise of Stability in America Drew M., Royal Oak High School, Michigan This piece picks apart the promise of stability in America, exposes the shortcomings of this promise, and elaborates on the actions taken by people to make the promise a reality and their impact on... Tagged With discrimination
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