Exceptionalism In The United States

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The United States of America is a unique country in the world by accepting all different races, ethnicities, religions, and ideals in its borders, thus creating a diverse and special environment for all who wish to take-part. Deeming it the “melting pot” of the world. America’s government is a Democracy, meaning it is for the people, by the people, therefore the government cannot exist without the people. A revolutionary way of thinking, to have groups of people who come from different backgrounds to work together and create a government and society. America accepting people from all around the world is a good idea, but it also creates an idea of exceptionalism, a self-delusional egotistical way of thinking, “we are the best”. This type of …show more content…
In Chimanda Ngozi Adichie’s Freedom to Write lecture she states, “The (United States) intention is good, but refuses to go deep.” America is hypocritical in the sense that they only helps when they have something to gain, America does not actually address and fix the underlying issues, because they don’t know how to fix it themselves. As if the only thing they are concerned with is their reputation. If the situation becomes harmful for America they will back out and say they tried, it is a type of leeway for America to say, “good enough”, it is a powerful and dangerous addiction to …show more content…
In the sense of they do not like anything that can, or will potential hurt their chances and standing in society. Adichie talks about the difference between American and Nigerian hospitals. In American hospitals they give one a lot of pain medication and ask questions about one’s comfort levels. In Nigerian hospitals they are not interested in one’s comfort, but rather just in the quickest way to treat one. Nigerians expect pain and discomfort to be part of the process of the treatments. Nigerians and many other nations understand that life is not a sugar coated wonderland where hand outs are given. She gives a concrete example of how Americans do not like the feeling or thought of discomfort. Americans find comfort in beautiful lies instead of in ugly truths. Adichie is talking about a general narrative that developed countries do not understand the hardships of less developed countries, because developed countries have more luxuries. America is a developed country therefore the majority of Americans do not understand something like the act of having to walk miles for water. Instead Americans are generally used to getting something with a degrees of ease. The “American Dream” is a concept that shows the ultimate idea of comfort, it sets certain expectations of how American’s should live. The American Dream being a concept, shows that America still has issues with many aspects of itself. The biggest