American Dream Archives - The Bougie Aunt

The Bougie Aunt | Published 1:00 p.m. E.T. August 27, 2020 10 minute read SUPPORT NATIVE AMERICANS BY CLICKING ON THE LINKS BROKEN PROMISES The Age of Exploration (starting from the 1450s AD to the 1650s AD) triggered the colonization, and consequently, subjugation of indigenous people. Europeans seizing land that did not belong to them was justified through technicalities, like deceitful negotiations. The land removal was exacerbated, however, by the ideology most Native Americans possessed towards land. To them, land was viewed as communal rather than private; no one who acquired land truly owned it because it belonged to the Earth. Europeans were able to pounce upon that ideology and take advantage of it. The decimation of the Native Ameri...

The Bougie Aunt | Published 12:00 p.m. E.T. August 17, 2020 10 minute read *Innovative Initiatives is my project where I inform y’all of lesser-known enterprises that are positively contributing to an underrepresented field.* THE TALE OF TWO CITIES New York is a great example of a state where the American Dream is romanticized, but it tends not to actualize itself for many. For example, New York City is the largest city in the nation, but is also one of the cities with the largest income inequalities. People in the top 90th percentile make seven times more than people in the 10th percentile. And, this income gap can be reflected in the majority of New York cities. For the purpose of relevancy and scope, I will be focusing on Queens, New York. Queens, New York was one of the...

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