One should not overlook the U.S. slave past that resurfaces every time identity crisis. Racism and socio-economic gaps between whites and blacks are still present, as demonstrated by the impact of Hurricane Katrina in fall 2005. Also note the deplorable living conditions of thousands of illegal immigrants in border states of Mexico. Finally, the repression is often preferred to prevention as evidenced by the alarming rates of imprisonment among black people and Latin America. .
If Obama is elected in November, the expectations of it are so enormous that it can only disappoint. How to meet the hegemonic ambitions of the greatest military power in the world when it is awash in debt How to adapt to surges in migration associated with globalization when a wind swept the country neoconservative How adopt policies to redistribute wealth in a country that has an aversion to communism How to convince people to consume more responsibly when consumption is associated with prosperity
On Monday, two new films will compete: The Silence of Lorna, brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, suggesting a marriage between an Albanian and a Belgian, and Two Lovers a love story in New York, the American James Gray. A tribute will also be made in Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira ( The satin slipper The convent, The Letter), which is the oldest active filmmakers, for its 100 years.