The american dream is thats every American has an equal opportunity to achieve success by working hard and putting in hard work. For many African Americans during the 1960s their dreams were "deferred". Which ment that they were not given the same respect and chance that the average white person got to pursue their dreams, and living the true American dream. The phrase "dream deferred" became known around 1955. It was not the same for white Americans and African Americans. African Americans did not believe in the American dream because for some it was not possible to achieve their dream. Their only chance for them to have a dream was to end the segergation laws and give them an opprotunity the same as white Americans have it.
I agree with Mama's decision to buy a new house, but i do not agree with the family's decision to turn down the offer the neighborhood gave them. Walter's dream like many other african americans during this time was "to buy a house and have the money to put diamonds on my wifes neck." They had an opprotunity to mak this dream come true, they would've had more money than what Walters father had left them, and they also had a chance to move out of an unwelcoming neighborhood and into a safer place. I would've liked to see how it could have turned out for them if they chose to take the money and move into a new home.
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