Essay 2 draft

The American Dream
Are you more likely to prosper, have a better quality of life, the power to change the world or be a major contributor to the greatest nation on earth with a college degree? Not if you’re a black man. A college degree doesn’t seem to make a difference.
Having a college degree should be all you need when you are looking for a job it shouldn’t matter what skin color you are. “In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap” Michael Luo states, “That race remains a serious obstacle in the job market for African-Americans, even those with degrees from respected colleges.” (1) These men have gone to good schools and have been raised believing they can accomplish anything and just by their name they are not even getting the interview. Luo shows figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in this same article: “The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older in 2009 has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates – 8.4 percent compared with 4.4 percent.” (1) We are in need of closing the racial gap between all Americans it is time that we look past the color of ones skin or the gender and live the American dream as one. That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Whatever that happiness is, a college degree should be enough to gain employment in whatever you would like and the color of your skin should not hold you back. Race is an issue that I believe cannot be ignored any longer there is a need to find good jobs for every American.