Cynthia Self Response

In Cynthia Self’s essay “Lest we think the revolution is revolution images of technology and nature of change” during her second narrative of the essay she focus on how America is not the land of the free. Self analyalizes a few advertisements that help prove the America is not the land of equal opportunity. Self says “We are told that America is the land of the free but history tells a different story. America is the land of opportunity for some. The history of slavery, deaf education, woman’s suffrage, immigration labor unions, graduation rates for blacks whites an Hispanics and that their has never been a women president. Opportunity is a commodity generally limited to privileged groups”(304). Failure to provide equally opportunity for minority groups is most evident in advertisements such as the ones the Self uses in her essay.
I think that I would have to disagree with what Self is saying about how America is the land of opportunity for only some because in today’s world you can pretty much make a living doing anything you want but it’s jus a matter of working hard for what ever goal you wish to accomplish. But I could see how things might have been a little bit different when this article was written, but I still feel that her views are wrong because in America you can pretty much accomplish what ever you want to do it just might be a little harder for some but defiantly not impossible.