The German journalist Bettina Gaus in her recent book „Auf der Suche nach Amerika - Begegnungen mit einem fremden Land” (Eichbornverlag) has shown us how our prejudices differ from the present reality in the United States in many ways.
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America, Land of Opportunity?
When thinking about differences in education of minority children, we have
to identify the minorities first. Some minorities assimilate easier than
others. There are many different types of minorities in the USA, such as
West-Indians, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, Chinese and many m …
Angela Dorothea Merkel, who was born on the 17th of july 1954 in Hamburg, is
Federal Chancellor of Germany since 2005.
After 4 years of being Federal Chancellor, she was reelected last year.
Merkel is the first woman among the Federal Chancellors in Germany.
So she started a new era. She was minister of the environment and of
adolesc …
In fact, Merkel has common features with Obama. She is the first woman in a leading position in Germany, and he is the first black leader in America. I think this is the most important common feature. But apart from this, their politics is similar, at least in some points.
Aspiring after a good climate policy they both are inclined to pr …
Do our prejudices of the “Bible Belt” in America differ from the present reality in the United States?
When I decided to spend my exchange year in Oklahoma I was not aware of entering a region which is informally called “The Bible Belt”. So shortly before my departure I collected some information about the people I was going to stay wi …
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