“The dream used to be that if you worked hard, and you were good at what you did, you could pave your own way in America and the sky was the limit. … However, things have changed. The NEW American Dream is to become rich and famous by happenstance – or sex tapes – and to get there with as little work or talent as possible. And as a result, we are suffering – though many of us don’t know it – as quality becomes a notion of the past. We’re ruining art, our planet, and our health, all due to our new-found obsession with instant gratification.”
Students of the African Diaspora (S.O.A.D.) is a student social justice organization at The New School University in New York City. We promote the exchange of knowledge about contemporary issues regarding the African Diaspora through events and activism.
