Tag: American Dream

25 cases of beer, 30 packs of premium ribs, and an unnecessary amount of potato chips and a seemingly endless assault of demeaning glares. This scene has colored Daniel Han Tae Choi PO ’28 experience as cashier at a local asian grocery store over the past couple years. Hours of bagging, and simple refusal from customers to help has reminded him of the way that the American dream has morphed to paint unskilled laborers as a cautionary tale instead of an essential group of people that make our country function. Choi argues that the very least we can do is say hello, bag a couple groceries and treat the workers who keep our society working as our equals.