By Reniqua Allen

From some point of views the American Dream will always just a dream. Reniqua Allen shows light on the thoughts and realistic experience of Black Millennials. She gives an example of a life experiences like buying a house to show how different things like buying a house and how that affects Black Millennials American Dream.

“The American dream, the idea that anyone can succeed through hard work, is one of the most enduring myths in this country. And one of its most prominent falsehoods. As I entered my 30s, still navigating what achieving the dream would mean, I wondered what other black millennials were feeling. I wanted to figure out what my generation of black Americans thought about the promise of the American dream and how we can attain it.” – says Reniqua Allen

“Over the course of several years, beginning in 2014 through last year, I spoke with more than 75 people in their 20s and 30s from places like New York; Raeford, N.C.; Jackson, Miss.; and New Orleans. They were Americans from various parts of the African diaspora, class backgrounds and sexual identities. Many of these black millennials told me that their dreams can’t be realized in the same ways as others’ can, particularly their white counterparts, despite perceptions of equality in this “woke” generation.”

In this “woke” generation many eyes are covered with the idea that they are accepting and “not racist”. But they continue to degrade others of other cultures and skin color. Reniqua Allen helps show how in ways people are affected by the judgments of others who judge people before knowing them.