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[quote=LEONARDO,246723]As to your statement that "It is common for mothers to tell their children, 'one day, you might become the President!'",  this is still an expression of  "American Dream".  I can't deny the fact that there were several presidents who were from poor and humble background. President Lincoln was the most eximious representative of the " Grassroot President", but such case is rare.

Then, as for  your idea " foreign immigrants often become much more successful in America than we Americans do... they say," all I have to do is work hard and make smart decisions and I can be successful? OK!"

I have to say you probably have only seen the bright side of the state of foreign immigrants in US. It is true that some foreign immigrants became more successful than native Americans, but the big picture is that most immigrants are probably still living at the bottom of  American society. I have read a book The Working Poor invisible in America written by a Native American based on his research on tens of thousands of working  poor in US. In his book, there was no composite characters. The book was reliable. One sentence impressed me most  is that " For the poor, work hard doesn't work". So, my point is that there is a distinct hierarchical difference in America, sometimes it is obvious and visible, sometimes it is opaque or invisible.[/quote]

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