From the last discussion, we went over Levittown, Where the good life begins. We discussed how Levittown represented a dream, the American dream. Levittown is a suburb that was supposed to benefit Puerto Ricans in housing. Owning a home, having a car, a good job with money, and a family are all part of the American dream as we discussed. Housing is a major part of the American dream and consumerism shaped how the U.S. made decisions, it was vision mixed with politics. The housing injustice is shown when Puerto Ricans couldn’t even afford a home and some were even forced to move out in order to create Levittown. The only way that was shown to keep a home was by winning the lottery which proves the big gap between promise and reality in the dream. 

From listening to Levittown there is a connection to “Harlem” by Langston Hughes a dream deferred. The dream is the American dream and it is deferred, placed on hold or it is gone. There’s also another connection in “A Raisin in the Sun” where there’s another form of housing injustice like Puerto Ricans faced in Levittown. People are faced with struggles and it progresses more and more the farther we go. We see the number of problems caused by Levittown because of the dream. 

I wonder if the American dream is even achievable and how could it affect society in other ways like Levittown.