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1、ContentsCrimeDrugabusePovertyRacialproblemsTheAbuseofPowerbyGovernmentandCorporations第1页/共50页Present situationanti-discriminationThehistoryTheoriginpresentsituation第2页/共50页RacismintheUnitedStateshasbeenamajorissuesincethecolonialera.Historically,thecountryhasbeendominatedbywhite.第3页/共50页 Unlike most

2、 other peoples,Americanareprimarilyanationofimmigrants.The citizens or their ancestors immigrated from many parts of the globe.Though people all share a common American culture,the nation contains many racial and ethnic subcultures with their own distinctive characteristics.Thesedifferences have con

3、tributed to racial conflicts that have been a persistent social problem to American society.Theoriginofracialproblems第4页/共50页ThehistoryofracialproblemsThe slave auctionThefirstblackswerebroughttoNorthAmericanin1619.Withinafewdecadesthedemandfortheircheaplaborledtoamassiveslavetradethatultimatelytran

4、sportedsome400000Africanstothiscontinent,wheretheyweresoldlikecattleatauctions.第5页/共50页CivilWarThe Emancipation Proclamation The Northern states had all outlawed slavery by1830,but the Southern state maintained the institution until it was finally ended by the civil war,Lincolns emancipation of slav

5、ery in 1863.第6页/共50页 The 1960s saw the great civil rights movement whose goals were to end segregation laws completely and fight for equal rights for the colored people,after that,many American blacks began to have a new mood.第7页/共50页 Martin Luther King encouraged black people to use nonviolent mean

6、s to achieve their goals of equal treatment.Finally,Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to stop discrimination in all public places.第8页/共50页TheblacksandthewhitesstillregardeachotherasanenemyIn spite of the gains of the Civil Rights Movement,racial problems still exist.The laws have changed,

7、but some people-on all sides of the color spectrum-remain prejudiced.第9页/共50页presentsituationThe current status of black Americans presents a mixed picture.The elimination of legal barriers to their advancement has been a major gain,but institutionalized discrimination is still rife.第10页/共50页5.2%10.

8、2%Thereisaworldofdifferencebetweenthetwo.The income gap between the blacks and the whiteThe unemployment rate第11页/共50页Some pictures about the present conditions of American racial discrimination 第12页/共50页thepicturesof demonstrationsheldbytheblack 第13页/共50页The white dolls are two times as high as the

9、 black onesSomeotherphenomenaofracialdiscriminationAs a black,others often made fun of Obama第14页/共50页anti-discriminationAs a result of the racial discrimination,there appears more and more problems in the society and we cant wait to find a way to solve it.第15页/共50页Poverty of a rich world American po

10、verty 1998年每天生活费低于1美元人口分布第16页/共50页Currentsituationcausesolution第17页/共50页Current situationthe children remained far above the national average level of poverty第18页/共50页The past few decades,the government against poverty policies,the composition of poverty-stricken population in great changes have tak

11、en place第19页/共50页Single parent families is the population of the most part,to increase the maximum speed of all poor families 第20页/共50页CauseThe distribution of income is unequal.The wage of manual workers is too lowPersonal Irresponsibility,negative attitude,bad living habits and inferior cultural v

12、alue leads to poverty.Long-term social and economic inequality,stagnant wages and lack of public assistance program,unreasonable policy is the mainly responsible for their poverty.第21页/共50页SolutionTake a more active welfare policy to solve the problems of povertystick to remedial social relief polic

13、ies so that the government can guarantee the lowest level of life Increasing education and employment training,establish the social welfare and social assistance systemFully take use of the power of folk organization in charity and relief 第22页/共50页drugabusedrugabuseAmericanOverviewOverviewCrimeCrime

14、EconomyEconomyDeathDeathTheyouthTheyouth第23页/共50页OverviewSeveral weeks ago,the world health organization reported that American is the largest country of consuming drug.They reported over 72,000,000 American people have used drug.Over 33%cocaine all over the world is consumed in America.第24页/共50页第25

15、页/共50页第26页/共50页Drug&crimeDrug trafficking and violenceDrug abuse and violence第27页/共50页第28页/共50页Drug&EconomyTitleTitleTitleAccident,medicalbill,lostproductionTitleTitleTitleTitleTitleTitleTitleTitleTitleTreatmentandcontrolofdrugabuseManyindirectcostProcessingdrug第29页/共50页第30页/共50页Drug&deathIt is repo

16、rted that junkies average lifetime is 10 to 15years shorter than the normal people,25%junkie will die 10 to 20 years later 第31页/共50页Drug&deathExcessive drug use Suicide because of drugCause other diseaseIndifferent attitude after junkie is illDeath because of accident regularlyThe reason第32页/共50页Dru

17、g&the youth age 1518 1925 2000 9.7%14.9%now 10.8%18.8%第33页/共50页Drug&the youth27.3%junkie begin to use drug because of anguish,Loneliness,depressed41%youth used drug when they were in middle school62%youth have gone to drug trade center1,000,000 children between 8 to 12 years old have seen the drug t

18、rade in their school第34页/共50页Drug&the youth第35页/共50页CrimeAnother serious social problem第36页/共50页Crime in USCrime is one of the most serious social problems facing the nation.A survey by the LEAA found that 61%of all women feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods at night;45%is afraid to walk alone at

19、night near their own home;and that 47%own guns,largely for self-protection.Even someone said that almost half of American women were raped at least once in a lifetime.第37页/共50页The Gender1.One reason is the sex role stereotyping which encourge males to be more aggressiveand daring.2.The second reason

20、 is the tendcy of polic officers and the courts to deal more leniently with female offemdersMales are arrested about four times as often as females.第38页/共50页The YoungYoung people appear to commit far more than their share of crime.1 They may be less skillful than older adults in avoiding being arres

21、ted.2 They tend to commit crimes,such as auto theft,which are highly visible to the police.第39页/共50页The BlackThe arrest rate for the black population is three times higher than for white.1.A higher proportion of the black population is poor or unemployed.2.An additional reason for higher arrest rate

22、 among minority groups may be racial prejudice.第40页/共50页TheAbuseofPowerbyGovernmentandCorporations第41页/共50页A crucial problem of government and corporation concerns power and the abuse of it.Americans lives are dominated by large public and private organizations.第42页/共50页The public organizations,prim

23、arily government agencies,affect almost every area of their experience.the public organizationsregister births provide education social services regulate many of the conditions of employment register deaths 第43页/共50页The private organizations,primarily business corporations,provide jobs for the bulk

24、of the population and supply most of consumer needs,from banking and television services to clothing and gasoline.第44页/共50页 But these organizations are often experiences asoppressiveunresponsiveimpersonalinefficientarrogantandevencorruptThe lack of public answerability of these large organizations h

25、as become a major social problem.第45页/共50页Government and corporations are widely distrusted in the United States.Watergate scandal of the early 1970s Distrust of government reached its height.The Watergate affair led to the trials and convictions of many high public officials on such charges as exto

26、rtion,perjury,conspiracy.第46页/共50页The scandal provoked congressional investigations of the FBI and the CIA that turned literally thousands of illegal acts in the executive branch of government.The CIA,without any authorization from Congress,plotted the assassination of foreign heads of state,including Fidel Castro of Cuba.第47页/共50页As for corporations,they are widely believed to be more concerned with their own profits than with social responsibility,and the quality or price of their products,or the truth of their advertising.第48页/共50页第49页/共50页