What are some of barriers and challenges that people face in fully experiencing these established American values?

The American value system emphasizes those of independence, power, wealth, materialism, etc. However, access to those values can be limited for certain groups. Furthermore, while most Americans are taught about the importance of achieving these values in their own lives, not everyone has the same resources to achieve them.

Select any two topics you learned about in class. Using at least 3 course resources and 3 resources from your own research , do the following for each topic:
Discuss who is most likely to fully experience the values you chose within the context of the topic.
How do they benefit from achieving these values? Who is most limited from fully experiencing these American values
What are some of barriers and challenges that people face in fully experiencing these established American values?
Make sure to use examples from the course resources and your own research to validate your opinions.
For each topic you selected, explain why you think these American values you associated with the topics are not equally experienced by all Americans.