The American Dream has always been intimately tied in with the immigrant experience. People would leave their homes in Europe because they dreamt that America

The American Dream has always been intimately tied in with the immigrant experience. People would leave their homes in Europe because they dreamt that America was a land of freedom and opportunity. It was a term largely setup in opposition to the rigid social structures of 19th-century Europe. Arguably the American Dream is very much intact, it's just that it's mostly brown & yellow people achieving it. I have a lot of friends who left their home country because there were no opportunities for them there, and now have the suburban house with a yard, 2 kids, white picket fence, neighborhood Trick'or'Treaters, good savings, and vacations whenever they need a break. They work very hard for what they have, which has always been part of the American Dream, but they get a good life in exchange for it.