Class

Being black in America has always presented an added barrier to the realization of the American dream. However, as I look back at my childhood, I realize that the issue of poverty was a larger detriment to my stability as a youth. It was the inability to secure the goods that provided for a way of life that allows for potential to flourish. It is the burden of poverty that I seek to break from. It is the presence of poverty that pushes me to better myself at all cost. So although my blackness is a source of pride and produces a set of obstacles that are difficult to deal with, I must be honest when I say that the issue of class has defined my existence with a greater emphasis up to this point.