According to The 2009 MetLife Study of the American Dream -- the company's third annual study -- eight in 10 or 82 percent of African Americans believe they will be able to achieve the American dream in their lifetimes, compared to 89 percent of Hispanics and 75 percent of the overall population. While African Americans are more optimistic it is still possible to achieve the American dream, they lag other groups in their achievement of the dream, with only 19 percent of African Americans reporting that they have achieved the dream.

Approximately 43 percent of African Americans include career success in their top three definitions of the dream, compared with 53 percent of Asians, 44 percent of Hispanics, 24 percent of Caucasians and 29 percent of the public overall. And while 56% of the overall population is concerned about losing their job as a result of the current economic situation, the percentage climbs to 63% for African Americans.

Despite the current economic climate, African Americans are more optimistic about the future outlook of the U.S. economy and their personal finances (59 percent believe it will be better in 2009 than 2008, compared with 41 percent of the general population). Roughly half of African Americans have expressed an interest in being more educated about financial topics (50% vs. 43% overall) and seeking the help of a financial professional (30% vs. 26% overall). This is important because regardless of the subjective nature of the American Dream, its achievement will require proper planning.

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Last night, I watched a Scottish film called Ratcatcher (1999) written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. The film belongs to a genre near and dear to my heart: the coming-of-age film. It follows a boy named James, who lives in a working-class neighborhood of Glasgow during the 1970s garbage strike.
In one of the earliest scenes of the film, James accidentally contributes to the drowning death of his friend Ryan and races away from the scene of the incident before being noticed. Though James secret remains largely under wraps, the death of Ryan haunts him periodically throughout the film as he hears of Ryan and returns to the canal. The film repeatedly uses water imagery, again referring to the death of Ryan as a defining incident for James story.
Ratcatchers use of accidental death reminded me of several other films with adolescent protagonists that also witness the death of a peer. What function does death serve in such films? What imagery and themes link films that use such incidents in the coming-of-age tale? And how does class impact this usage? (Other identity issues also come into play since race, gender, age, and sexuality all play important roles in developing these characters. While I would love to delve into each of them, I will set them aside for the time being to focus on class)
In the case of Ratcatcher, Ryans death seems to be linked with James working-classness. With the majority of the films action taking place during the garbage strike, the films cinematography highlights the filth that piles up in the neighborhood. Meanwhile, James family regularly discusses their application to move into a brand-new housing project, a plan implicitly derailed when James allows the applications evaluators into the familys messy apartment while his father is recovering from a hangover. James desire to leave the neighborhood is further highlighted when he takes a bus trip to a neighborhood under construction outside of the city.

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