he acheived what he wanted to be by his own hard work. he could have achieved the same in any country if he wanted to. if he was in the US. it was by this own wish and will.
yes, we are self-centered. probably you have no idea how the americans look at the world and the "human-race" according to you. may be you don't know how they look at brown people and please please for god's sake don't tell me that americans don't know what's racism.
i live in canada and i did not go to the US because i don't like that country's attitude towards the world and i'll never go there as well.