What Is the American Dream?
Interrelations of Freedom-Equality-Success
By: Charles Brock
Sources and
Strivings
Freedom Equality PA. Successes
|
17th c.
English Revolution American settlement |
Levelers Town Meeting |
Seneca
Tribe William Penn |
| 18th
c.
American Revolution Bill of Rights |
Decl of Independence French Revolution |
Amish communities Benjamin Franklin |
| 19th c.
Civil War Gettysburg Address |
Women’s Lib Labor M’v’t. |
Andrew Carnegie John L Lewis |
| 20th
c.
World Wars Four Freedoms |
Multiculturalism Affirmative Action |
John D Rockefeller Ida Tarbell |
| 21st
c.
Human rights[1] Refugees[4] |
Family of Abraham[2] Respect for difference[5] |
U.E.C.D.[3] C.O.R.E.[6] |
Some American Nightmares and their critics
| Fanaticism | The Crucible by Arthur Miller |
| Cover-up of poverty/racism | M. L. King, Jr. |
| Sell-out of Native Americans | Vine Deloria, Jr. |
| Rule by the rich | Paul Klugman |
| Arrogance of power | Senator Robert Byrd |
| Idolizing success | Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller |
| Materialism | Sigmund Freud |
| Health Care | Paul Farmer |
| Cultural hegemony | Bin Laden |
| SUVs | |
| The Tappet Brothers |
SOME EXAMPLES OF LOCAL DREAMS COME TRUE
[1] Erie colleges; radical churches; Pax Christi
[2] Chautauqua Religion Dept;
Smith Chapel interfaith worship
[3] Urban Erie Community
Development; Behrend and Mercyhurst Erie institutes on economics
[4] International Institute;
Pfieffler-Burleigh school etc
[5] Neighborhood Art House;
Community Country Day School
[6] Center for Organizational
Research & Evaluation – helping local groups get grants etc.
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