Cruz's dream (or not)

Curz’s problem of the American dream is that he has seen that it is much different than the dramatized version. In fact, he says that the American dream isn’t to win, its not to lose. He sees this as the root of the problems with the dream as a whole.
Cruz first big disappointment was when he realized that the dream wasn’t for anyone. He discovered that is was only because of the Civil Rights movement that he got job offers at all. He got placed in the recruitment department and was only there “to be visible.”
After he got a new job he found that the even the different minorities kept hurting each other. The divide and conquer style of management showed him another way to “protect the American dream.” He saw how he could step back from the racial mess into his new management position and life the typical American dream. Instead, still holding some measure of hope he moved from job to job looking for a place that truly accepted his view of the American dream.
In the end Cruz found that the American dream was indeed broken. Basically only white people cold have power and if a minority made it up the ladder, if they didn’t toe the line, they’d never really be accepted. There is no golden goose in this country, only a desire to get ahead no matter what.