I think America's biggest flaw is its politics. No, not just Obama. I am talking American politics for many, many generations.
I have not made up my mind about Obama yet. It is not just America that stereotypes people. Every nation does it.
America, in fact, is better than many European nations in how they react to the natural tendency to stereotype. In America it is against the law to kill and beat up, for example. As to when the flaw of stereotyping people is going to go away?
It is not. Unless you rewire the human brain it is here to stay. This article shows conclusively that deciding between "us" and "them" is natural: newsweek.com/id/214989/page/3 Here is why I think that discrimination against people shall never end (discrimination, of itself, is neutral): answerbag.com/a_view/5631191 All that can be ... more.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.