The American Dream is not a reality or everyone. The incarceration rates in America and jail programs are a big reason why.

Growing up as a African-Amrican in America comes with several challeges. How we have to deal with the court system and enforcement with the police. How different cultures come to America to live a better life and have to deal with the world not accepting them and their religion.

The following story is realistic fiction.

My Essay shows the facts about our country and how African Americans are treated. My essay shows stats and gives an insight to our community and the challenges we face as a culture.

My piece is about how American creed has nothing to do with the lives of African American people or other minorites, it only applies to white patriots. Black people don't have a true identity in this country, we are just statistics.

This poem is about how america is being sterotyped to be this amazing country. With stereotyping some things maybe a little true but theres truth to everything that comes with a good and a bad...But really the choice of a certain lifestyle is based souly upon the person at hand..

This essay is a discription of my American Dream and how the American Dream is broad enough for everyone to chase their own indivisual dream.

My story is about how America is not really what it is sought out to be. America is showed as this free, equal place. My essay is here to show my side of the real story .

This short story is about how a family's decisions in the past has shaped the present generations-- and how it's connected to America's changes through time.

Is America really "America"? The land of the "free". I wrote an essay on how people think how America is so great when its not very perfect here either. We have our pros and cons but we are not the glory perfect land that people think we are.

This is a poem about how people view America, but I tell you how things really are here. I purposely did not capitalize the "A" in America to show that are not as great as most people think. The "A" won't be capitalized till we change, hopefully for the better.

Let's talk about how tolerable America is.

This is the story of how my family has made a name for themselves and set examples that many black people in America don't get.

My American Creed is what I see in America everyday. I wake up everyday not knowing what will happen that day, week, month or even that year. It's so many bad things happening in America that it just scares me. I just hope we all can help better America and it's sad habits.

Life as a African American female in a white mans world.

A poem questioning the state of our nation.

In my essay I talk about the American creed and how it relates to the American dream. I compare and contrast the actual definition of the two historical terms.

The essay that I've wriiten is about the major problem America is having with gun violence and why we as Americans need to find a way to stop this in order to live up to the expectation we have set for ourselves, that everyone in America is treated equally and respectfully.

How it is to live under the Red, White and Blue

My piece is about many different topics about the American Creed. First, I talk about the history and how the American Creed was created. Then, I talk about American. Finally, I state my personal opinion about America and how I feel about being an American.

My response is about the everyday positives and negatives of being an american. It also focuses on immagrants and student debt. It answers the question, Is the American dream achievable for everyone?

My poem is a letter to you all. Althoug it's pretty short it touches on several things in america. I used Repition in this poem because the rhyme and rhythm is important to me. I just think you'll feel it relatable and etc. I hope you enjoy!

This is my poem about the everyday life of being an “Black American”

This is a short video explaining my perception of being a young black man in America and my view on our country's history of what it was being black in America. Has there been much progress? Is there still more progress to be made?

Everyone is excited to become an American Citizen but what are we really signing up

America is a great country, but with problems that need to be fixed. Luckily many Americans are aware of the problems in America like police brutality, high incarceration rates, low ill-maintained education system, etc.

The American Flag symbolizes our nations strength and unity, but we still tend to judge by sight instead of knowledge.

America is called the land of the free and we are supposed to have enumerable rights. Minorities in this country have to endure many hardships and only when everyone can come together as equals will America be a great country.

A short depiction of what America is really like. What people think of America and the truth about America can be totally different. It is not the greatest and sometimes its not united. Its a madjusted system.

What the American creed expectations are and how everyone else should see them is way different then what it actually is.