Class/SES – Page 7 – American Dreaming

Break the Cycle Together

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Stevens Jeanty is 22 years-old, male, cisgender, Black, Haitian American, working class, and heterosexual.

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Khalif Dowdy is 20 years-old, male, cisgender, Black, African American, lower middle class, and straight.

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Kenzie Lau is 26 years-old, female, cisgender, East Asian, Chinese, middle class, and bisexual.

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he said you have to be twice as good. Because we’re born with two strikes against you. You’re black and you’re a woman.

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I was a white girl. People didn’t see me as the typical Latina and I think that opened so many doors for me. I am very aware of it.