"The Rich"

Where I come from there isn't much diversity between wealth classes. Southern California has 3 of the top 5 richest counties in the United States and Orange County, where I'm from, has the most millionaires in the country. There are 2 extremes though. There are the super elite in the hills and the immigrants in the trailer parks and slums. Most of these people cross the border illegally and have no residency in the United States yet they are still employed. They are hard working people that don't think of the American dream as working 40 hours a week and having everything you want. To them, they are living the American dream with their 60 hour work weeks and less than minimum wage jobs. They have no hopes of climbing the later of a corporation and becoming millionaires or running their own store. The only dreams they have are for their children. Their children do not grow up knowing the slums of Mexico like their parents where everyone is poor. They grow up in an almost worse environment Where not only are they poor in money but are constantly reminded of their lack of money as they cut the grass of a multimillion dollar house or while the women clean the inside of these homes they can never afford everyday. I think they grow up with this resentment towards the rich white Americans. And that’s how all these gangs start in these areas because they feel like it is them against us and have a need to unite or they will never succeed. For them college isn’t a possibility. Most Hispanics barely pass high school because they have to work to help support their family or get involved in other more illegal things. And that’s life for them but over the generations there is an increase in success. With the increase of population on Latinos in southern orange county they are now the majority and don’t feel as threatened.