U.S. Again Hailed as 'Country of Dreams'

"Americans overcame the racial divide and elected Obama because they wanted the real thing: a candidate who spoke from the bottom of his heart," said Terumi Hino, a photographer and painter in Tokyo. "I think this means the United States can go back to being admired as the country of dreams." Full Story »

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by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 6, 2008

The breadth of voices gathered is excellent, and I found most of them gave great insight on each international interviewee's ideas about race and America, which was fascinating.

Newspaper headlines in Britain portrayed Obama’s election in soaring language. “One Giant Leap for Mankind,” said the Sun newspaper in London, which dumped its usual topless Page 3 girl in favor of a photo of Obama voting. The Times of London, which devoted its entire front page to a photo of a smiling Obama in front of an American flag, proclaimed: “The New World.”

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