What happened to the American Dream? You know, the white picket fence, education, good job and a happy family? President Obama asked the same thing and unfortunately is seeing some backlash over it…….from none other than Kris Jenner.
Let’s start with the comments President Obama made in July.
The American Dream involved some pretty basic stuff. A home you could call your own. A good job where you felt some security. A good education, and the ability to get a higher education if you wanted to pursue it. People felt if they worked hard they could get there. I don’t think people went around saying to themselves, ‘I need to have a 10,000-square-foot house’. I think, there has also been a shift in culture. We weren’t exposed to the things we didn’t have in the same way that kids these days are.
There was not that window into the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Kids weren’t monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success.
In all honesty I understand 100% where President Obama is coming from. He comes from a time where it wasn’t all about fast money, fast cars and fast women. People didn’t chase fame through reality television and tell all books. I’ve actually heard someone saying that $100k a year is not a lot of money. Times have certainly changed. Somehow Kris Jenner took offense to what the President said. I personally think it was more of the fact that she only words she could read were “Kim” and “Kardashian” and less of comprehending the point POTUS was truly trying to make. Check out her comments below:
It’s really great that people aspire to get a great job, and I too wanted that when I was growing up, and when I had graduated from high school, I really wanted to work hard and succeed. But I wasn’t aware that you could only set the bar so high. And that we could only dream so big. I was taught ‘dream big, work hard and you can have whatever you wanted,’ right?
And another thing. I bet the President has some friends with 10,000 square feet houses and you probably wouldn’t mind going over there, Mr. President, while you were asking them to have a party for you, when you were campaigning for dollars to run for president. I find it so odd that he’s picking on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Kanye West doesn’t go on vacation ever […] and Kim Kardashian is the hardest working young lady in the world. She never sleeps, she never stops, she never slows down, and works so hard for what she’s got. So I started thinking about her 10,000 square foot house and I thought, ‘Wow! Her job, affords her to live in a 10,000 square foot house.’ And I think, if I’m not mistaken, Mr. President’s job affords him to live in a 55,000 square foot house. So basically, my house would fit in his entry.
With all of that aside, you poke at someone and criticized someone for living a lifestyle. I’m sure when he grew up his dream was, ‘One day, I want to be the President of the United States and have a wonderful and fabulous life.’ And that was his dream. And I just don’t think that we should put a cap on [what our dreams are]. Also, the thing I wanted to point out is that, we employ and give jobs to hundreds and hundreds of people just on Keeping Up With Kardashians alone and I think that’s a wonderful thing.
Oh Kris cut the sh*t. You married rich and have a bunch of rich husbands to thank for your success. Your daughter works hard? How hard is it to have cameras follow you around? If so, every chick on Basketball Wives and Love & Hip Hop works just as hard. Was she working hard when she was stealing money from Brandy or was she working hard when she made a sex tape with Ray J? Which one was the hard work that skyrocketed her to super stardom? I understand that being able to read and comprehend is not something you dreamed of when you were growing up but in case you hadn’t noticed, POTUS was not throwing shade at your daughter nor her baby daddy. That’s right, baby daddy — because while you were too busy counting your money and pimping your daughters for checks you weren’t teaching them the value of marriage. You know, part of the American Dream that POTUS was referring to? He didn’t criticize their lifestyle. He never said that anything was wrong with it. He said that these things are thrown in the average persons faces to the point where this is foolishly considered the norm. If you took offense to that you’re clearly slower than we though. Stick to pimpin’ honey because reading and comprehension is NOT your strong suit.
And honestly I’m glad Kanye West is taking the lead in his daughter’s life because God knows he was at least raised by the right type of woman.
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