Posted by Kristen
This is a recent BBC article on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s stance on being anti anti-American.
As an American living abroad, anti-Americanism is something myself and many of my students have to deal with. Luckily, after many people meet an actual American, minds can change and hearts can soften. Americans ARE the largest group of donors in the world to humanitarian causes. My husband works now for the UN’s World Food Programme and he (a German) says that the United States is their largest supporter and of overwhelming proportions. The next two countries that come close are Japan and Germany.
While of course we are not perfect by any means and there is much to be improved, it’s nice to hear once in a while from others who are against anti-Americanism.
virgomonkey said,
June 2, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I am just wondering if you would be interested in talking about Anti-Americanism in my blog as a guest blogger (contributor).
You can discuss things like
- how it makes you feel
- how widespread Anti-Americanism is in England
- what you have to say to the Anti-Americans
…or anything else that you find necessary
Let me know if you’re up to this, and if you are, I will send you an invite to my blog! But you would have to tell me the email address associated with your account at WordPress.
Thanks