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    Dispelling the Myth of the American 'Land of Opportunity'

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony is the focus of this argumentative paper of five pages in which racial divisions expose the myth of America being a 'land of opportunity' at least for everyone. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    America was never the land of opportunity as many believe. The racial divide is highlighted but the thesis that all are not equal is accentuated with a look at the  Massachusetts Bay Colony. . Bibliography lists 2 sources. SA127USA.rtf While America has been described as the land of opportunity, the color line is still very much with  the United States. The OJ Simpson trial serves as a good example. When the verdict was read, the African American community was ecstatic that another black person was not carted  off to death row, while the white community was disappointed in the system. Yet, one could take things a step further and say that the black community was interested in  justice for all, and not for OJ. They saw America as being unjust in respect to black people and so OJs victory was a victory for all Americans.  Finally, the white communitys reaction might have had more to do with the fact that OJ was black and had been married to a  white woman. White people simply thought he committed the murders even though there was not enough evidence to convict. While people dwell on DNA evidence, the truth is that OJ  once was very much part of the dwelling where the evidence was found. Would a white man have been given the benefit of the doubt that his DNA had been  there prior to the commission of the murders? This brings one to the initial assumption that America is the land of opportunity. Is it for all? In the case of  OJ, he was the all-American hero, even though he was black, but in the end, he was ostracized. One could conclude that not only is America not the land of 

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