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Christopher Bynum
Sunny Days
Sunny Days
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What would you do to be able to live the American Dream?
Once upon a time living the American Dream meant owning a modest home in a quiet suburb. It meant that Dad worked while Mom managed the home. It meant having one car. One television. You knew your neighbors and were on a first-name basis with the mailman, the milkman and local merchants. It meant having minimal debt because you lived within your means.
Craig Jackson and his wife Sheryl are living the Dream. At least that’s how Craig’s cousin Donnie sees things when he visits Craig in his new suburban home in an out-of-the-way town called Springdale. Craig seems to have it all: the home with all the amenities in a great neighborhood, a new car and a job that allows him to pay for the good life while Sheryl manages their home with an apron over her dress, high heels and pearls.
In Donnie’s opinion his cousin Craig lives a life too good to be true. And perhaps it is. It’s 2008, and yet Craig paid 1950s prices for his home and car. Gasoline and store goods in Springdale sell at decades-old prices too.
Craig tells Donnie that he and his fiancé Keisha could move to Springdale. They could have their piece of the American Dream.
But there are conditions.
The question Donnie and Keisha must ask themselves is if they’re willing to do what it takes to live the Dream.
In this tale straddling the line between the past we believe existed and the present day The Black forces us to consider the questions: Was the American Dream ever real, and would we be willing to do whatever takes to have it again?
Once upon a time living the American Dream meant owning a modest home in a quiet suburb. It meant that Dad worked while Mom managed the home. It meant having one car. One television. You knew your neighbors and were on a first-name basis with the mailman, the milkman and local merchants. It meant having minimal debt because you lived within your means.
Craig Jackson and his wife Sheryl are living the Dream. At least that’s how Craig’s cousin Donnie sees things when he visits Craig in his new suburban home in an out-of-the-way town called Springdale. Craig seems to have it all: the home with all the amenities in a great neighborhood, a new car and a job that allows him to pay for the good life while Sheryl manages their home with an apron over her dress, high heels and pearls.
In Donnie’s opinion his cousin Craig lives a life too good to be true. And perhaps it is. It’s 2008, and yet Craig paid 1950s prices for his home and car. Gasoline and store goods in Springdale sell at decades-old prices too.
Craig tells Donnie that he and his fiancé Keisha could move to Springdale. They could have their piece of the American Dream.
But there are conditions.
The question Donnie and Keisha must ask themselves is if they’re willing to do what it takes to live the Dream.
In this tale straddling the line between the past we believe existed and the present day The Black forces us to consider the questions: Was the American Dream ever real, and would we be willing to do whatever takes to have it again?
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