Explore a key problem (e.g. white supremacy) or set of related problems that complicate the myth of individual opportunity (e.g. the intersections of race and class).

1. Provide a robust definition of the American Dream. You may work with a definition from one or more of the readings, including the introductory sections “Money and Success: The Myth of Individual Opportunity” and “Created Equal: Myths of Race.”

2. Explore a key problem (e.g. white supremacy) or set of related problems that complicate the myth of individual opportunity (e.g. the intersections of race and class).

3. Suggest how this/these complication(s) should or should not change the way Americans think about others or about the American Dream. If you like, you may make your own suggestion for what Americans should do, if anything.