10 Social problems in the USAppt课件

Unit10Socialproblemsintheunitedstates Contents TheAbuseofPowerbyGovernmentandCorporations anti discrimination Thehistory Theorigin presentsituation Racialproblems RacismintheUnitedStateshasbeenamajorissuesincethecolonialera Historically thecountryhasbeendominatedbywhite Unlikemostotherpeoples Americanareprimarilyanationofimmigrants Thecitizensortheirancestorsimmigratedfrommanypartsoftheglobe ThoughpeopleallshareacommonAmericanculture thenationcontainsmanyracialandethnicsubcultureswiththeirowndistinctivecharacteristics ThesedifferenceshavecontributedtoracialconflictsthathavebeenapersistentsocialproblemtoAmericansociety Theoriginofracialproblems Thehistoryofracialproblems Theslaveauction ThefirstblackswerebroughttoNorthAmericanin1619 Withinafewdecadesthedemandfortheircheaplaborledtoamassiveslavetradethatultimatelytransportedsome400000Africanstothiscontinent wheretheyweresoldlikecattleatauctions CivilWar TheEmancipationProclamation TheNorthernstateshadalloutlawedslaveryby1830 buttheSouthernstatemaintainedtheinstitutionuntilitwasfinallyendedbythecivilwar Lincoln semancipationofslaveryin1863 The1960ssawthegreatcivilrightsmovementwhosegoalsweretoendsegregationlawscompletelyandfightforequalrightsforthecoloredpeople afterthat manyAmericanblacksbegantohaveanewmood MartinLutherKingencouragedblackpeopletousenonviolentmeanstoachievetheirgoalsofequaltreatment Finally CongresspassedtheCivilRightsActof1964tostopdiscriminationinallpublicplaces Theblacksandthewhitesstillregardeachotherasanenemy InspiteofthegainsoftheCivilRightsMovement racialproblemsstillexist Thelawshavechanged butsomepeople onallsidesofthecolorspectrum remainprejudiced presentsituation ThecurrentstatusofblackAmericanspresentsamixedpicture Theeliminationoflegalbarrierstotheiradvancementhasbeenamajorgain butinstitutionalizeddiscriminationisstillrife Thereisaworldofdifferencebetweenthetwo Theincomegapbetweentheblacksandthewhite Theunemploymentrate SomepicturesaboutthepresentconditionsofAmericanracialdiscrimination thepicturesofdemonstrationsheldbytheblack Thewhitedollsaretwotimesashighastheblackones Someotherphenomenaofracialdiscrimination Asablack othersoftenmadefunofObama anti discrimination Asaresultoftheracialdiscrimination thereappearsmoreandmoreproblemsinthesocietyandwecan twaittofindawaytosolveit Povertyofarichworld Americanpoverty 1998年每天生活费低于1美元人口分布 Currentsituation cause solution Currentsituation thechildrenremainedfarabovethenationalaveragelevelofpoverty Thepastfewdecades thegovernmentagainstpovertypolicies thecompositionofpoverty strickenpopulationingreatchangeshavetakenplace Singleparentfamiliesisthepopulationofthemostpart toincreasethemaximumspeedofallpoorfamilies Cause Thedistributionofincomeisunequal ThewageofmanualworkersistoolowPersonalIrresponsibility negativeattitude badlivinghabitsandinferiorculturalvalueleadstopoverty Long termsocialandeconomicinequality stagnantwagesandlackofpublicassistanceprogram unreasonablepolicyisthemainlyresponsiblefortheirpoverty Solution Takeamoreactivewelfarepolicytosolvetheproblemsofpovertystickto remedial socialreliefpoliciessothatthegovernmentcanguaranteethelowestleveloflifeIncreasingeducationandemploymenttraining establishthesocialwelfareandsocialassistancesystemFullytakeuseofthepoweroffolkorganizationincharityandrelief drugabuse American Overview Crime Economy Death Theyouth Overview Severalweeksago theworldhealthorganizationreportedthatAmericanisthelargestcountryofconsumingdrug Theyreportedover72 000 000Americanpeoplehaveuseddrug Over33 cocaineallovertheworldisconsumedinAmerica Drug crime Drugtraffickingandviolence Drugabuseandviolence Drug Economy Manyindirectcost Processingdrug Drug death Itisreportedthatjunkie saveragelifetimeis10to15yearsshorterthanthenormalpeople 25 junkiewilldie10to20yearslater Drug death ExcessivedruguseSuicidebecauseofdrugCauseotherdiseaseIndifferentattitudeafterjunkieisillDeathbecauseofaccidentregularly Thereason Drug theyouth Drug theyouth 27 3 junkiebegintousedrugbecauseofanguish Loneliness depressed41 youthuseddrugwhentheywereinmiddleschool62 youthhavegonetodrugtradecenter1 000 000childrenbetween8to12yearsoldhaveseenthedrugtradeintheirschool Drug theyouth Crime Anotherserioussocialproblem CrimeinUS Crimeisoneofthemostserioussocialproblemsfacingthenation AsurveybytheLEAAfoundthat61 ofallwomenfeelunsafeintheirownneighborhoodsatnight 45 isafraidtowalkaloneatnightneartheirownhome andthat47 ownguns largelyforself protection EvensomeonesaidthatalmosthalfofAme