Social problems in the USA 美国社会问题英文版重点.ppt

A crucial problem of government and corporation concerns power and the abuse of it . Americans lives are dominated by large public and private organizations . The public organizations , primarily government agencies , affect almost every area of their experience . the public organizations register births provide education social services regulate many of the conditions of employment …… register deaths The private organizations , primarily business corporations , provide jobs for the bulk of the population and supply most of consumer needs , from banking and television services to clothing and gasoline . But these organizations are often experiences as oppressive unresponsive impersonal inefficient arrogant and even corrupt The lack of public answerability of these large organizations has become a major social problem . 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 extortion , perjury , conspiracy . The scandal provoked congressional investigations of the FBI and the CIA that turned up 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 . 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 . * * * * * * * * You are making a compromise between understanding and overload. * * 黑人给白人的一封信 Dear white, something you got to know When I was born, I was black. When I grow up, I am black. When Im under the sun, Im black. When Im cold, Im black. When Im afraid, Im black. When Im sick, Im black. When I die, Im still black. you---white