As you can see from the graph race and ethnicity have a huge impact on poverty. The white (non Hispanic) line stays pretty consistently under 10 percent in poverty. But you can sew that black and Hispanic poverty percentages are way up in the 20-30+ range. Not only do we have to think about poverty in a whole and how its affecting us but we have to think about who its affecting the most and why.
As you can see from this chart being born into poverty isn't the only thing that stops people from building lives for themselves. Race and ethnicity are problems that have existed throughout time but now its affecting peoples ability to be hired, retain jobs, and support themselves. "The American Dream" doesn't have a definitive definition but no where does it say who qualifies and who doesn't, but it would seem that society has made it that only white middle class and upper class Americans even have a remote chance at achieving the "American Dream"
As you can see from this chart being born into poverty isn't the only thing that stops people from building lives for themselves. Race and ethnicity are problems that have existed throughout time but now its affecting peoples ability to be hired, retain jobs, and support themselves. "The American Dream" doesn't have a definitive definition but no where does it say who qualifies and who doesn't, but it would seem that society has made it that only white middle class and upper class Americans even have a remote chance at achieving the "American Dream"