The following is from a short description of about the book "It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America." "Young Black Americans have been trying to realize the promise of the American Dream for centuries and coping with the reality of its
limitations for just as long. Now, a new generation is pursuing success, happiness, and freedom — on their own terms.
In It Was All a Dream, Reniqua Allen tells the stories of Black
millennials searching for a better future in spite of racist policies that have closed off traditional versions of success. Many watched their
parents and grandparents play by the rules, only to sink deeper and deeper into debt. They witnessed their elders fight to escape cycles of
oppression for more promising prospects, largely to no avail. Today, in
this post-Obama era, they face a critical turning point."
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