The reality of Britain is vibrant multiculturalism, but the myth we export is an all-white world of lords and ladies. Conversely, American society is pretty segregated, but the myth it exports is of a racial melting-pot, everyone solving crimes and fighting aliens side by side.

American society is still puritanical.

Whether you look at 'Glee' and its normalization of gay identity or you look at the work of Martin Scorsese and the Italian-American community, American culture is able to take these stories, which are seen as marginalized, and just turn them into American stories. And you don't think twice about it.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

American Society for Psychical Research Journals were all around the house when I was a kid.