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How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future

  • Written by Karen A. Cerulo, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the futureEmile Bernard's 1888 painting 'Madeleine in the Bois d'Amour.'The Print Collector/Getty Images

In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy Cricket famously sings, “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you.”

But Jiminy Cricket got it wrong.

We’re often taught...

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