Oklahoma Center for the Humanities

Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities for an enlightening lecture with Victor Tan Chen, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, on the dangers of this disenchantment in modern-day American politics. Americans have long prided themselves on living in a “free” country, one that handsomely rewards a person’s talent and drive and gives every individual an opportunity to achieve their dreams. The broadly resonant ideal of the American Dream captures these foundational national principles of liberty and meritocracy. Yet trade-offs inevitably arise when a society embraces freedom, individualistic understandings of fairness and other viewpoints built upon meritocratic principles. One […]