... economy, but because of a strong resurgence of black self-confidence and self-determination. (Cose 585) After carefully evaluating all of these different perspectives, I accept as true that society will label an individual or a group of people successful or total failures. Thomas Jefferson said the American Dream is the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness. If you look into his words, I think you will find that what he really means is that in order to have "success" you must go through endeavors and come out on top and where you want to be. The flaw in claiming that an individual or group of peoples to be successful is that society compares the claimant of success to an icon who has already achieved the American Dream. For example, can one not achieve the level of accomplishment as Oprah Winfrey has and still be successful? I do not know. In my ...

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