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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
imageEmile 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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