the American Dream (?)

Still marinating in post-thesis chapter completion splendor (for those of you who don't know, my thesis is about the effect of ghettoization on community activism in Bed-Stuy of the 1960s and 70s. Light a candle that the Black Studies department approves my joint so that I can continue), like Chris Rock I've been waiting for something special to come across to touch upon.
Well here it is

The NY Times did an article about a survey that points to major points of contention between various groups of color.
And yes, you can shudder at the title that calls us "Chief Minorities". Dang, I guess Native Americans just didn't measure up.

Although mad problematic, ,(the question about black folks and crime? really? talk about playing into gross media misrepresentations.) this survey points out important issues for the future of transracial activism. Many of us fall into the trap of believing in the very stereotypes that pit us against each other and keep the racial hierarchy on and popping and in tact.
Look black people, Latinos aren't taking our swagger or our "political leverage". We're all people of color and the faster we realize that, the better prepared we will be to work together a la the Young Lords.
And not to excuse anybody, but the reason why some Asian Americans don't treat their black and brown customers with respect is because we represent criminal faces that are plastered all over the news. That and because of the triangularization of Asian Americans, the model minority myth, and many other things I'll leave up to you to conjecture upon.

Even after all this hate, we apparently still believe in the American Dream and that things will get better in the next ten years. Even if black folk are a little more circumspect and weary about things.
For all of this nations problems, and lets be real, there are many (why do you think most great thinkers/academics/artists of color in this country have expatriated themselves for some amount of time), we at least have the knowledge of freedom to express how we have deviated from those ideals. The Black Panther Party's "Ten Point Program" does owe a lot to the Declaration of Independence. Maybe Barack Obama can help steer this country and lead us to practice the kind of liberty we set out to promote.