America offers the best and the worst

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South America and North America form two very different realities of the American continent. Histories, languages, democracies, or policies are various elements which distinguish politically, geographically and economically these poles of America. That is why, if we have to study it, we will need to specify our object. Thus, we prefer to take an interest in what composes largely one of these parts: that is to say, the United States of America. Although the United States are a powerful country fixed firmly in the history of most developed nations, some aspects of their social organization, their policies, or their culture in general, darken the magnificent image which has spread through the world since their Declaration of Independence on the fourth of July in 1776.

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[...] In America, some less conservative policies will be beneficial for the economic constancy in a vast period of recession, owing to the subprime crisis effects. Outside the border, Barack Obama will have to restore better diplomatic relations with foreign countries, concerning principally Iraq and terrorist issues, due to the imperialist policies of Bush government for the last eight years. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, ‘Bill of Rights', http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/gun crimetab.htm U.S. [...]

[...] They represented Chicago with concentric rings which correspond to social and ethnic dynamic classifications: the first area is downtown Chicago, with the business district and vagrants or homeless people; the second area around the town centre is a transition place; the third area is populated with lower classes; the middle-classes and the upper classes are settled in the fourth and the fifth areas, in residential areas. The more people move away from the City centre what is called the Loop the richer they are. Moreover, the new immigrants are settled around the Loop, whereas Native Americans are quite settled in the most distant areas. Their diagram is opposed to the European cities organization, where the gentrification phenomenon is observed, with the middle-class and upper classes relocation in the town centre. [...]

[...] Ghettoes composed of communities of black people, Muslims, white people, Chinese, Hispanics, Protestants, or Jews are current, as well as segregation and discriminations between poor districts, inner cities or shanty towns and luxurious or middle-class districts. In reality, many urban poor live on the fringes of society. In addition, black Americans think they have not yet achieved economic equality, and the existence of ghettoes casts a shadow on the American ideal of the melting-pot. Furthermore, this humanist representation is contrary to an anti- immigrant feeling which is growing up in America society. Indeed, George W. [...]

[...] Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon said the fence was grave mistake" which would lead to more Mexican deaths on the border. George W Bush said the new barrier was needed to curtail illegal immigration.[4]' Absolutely, that law constitutes a hindrance for freedom and multiculturalism. According to the same article, the united States legitimize this act praising the supremacy of law while there may be a contradiction in American representations: is a nation of immigrants - we're also a nation of law," Mr Bush said.' In spite of the large gap between the haves and the have-nots, despite the increase of the lower classes, the needy, and wretchedness in general, America is one of the richest countries around the world: with the European Union and Japan, these nations compose what economists call ‘Triad'. [...]

[...] Actually, the economic and social inequalities are numerous in the United States: approximately 13% of American people are below the poverty line[3]: there is a widening gap between rich and poor. A lot of people in America are in dire straits, and social mobility depends in a large part on the family's social status: for many people, who are not at the top of the ladder, equality of conditions seems to be a myth. Really, the united States are a two-tier society. Furthermore, a third element, which is essentially linked to the others, characterizes the philosophical representation of American people. [...]