英美概况美国unit10.ppt

Chapter 10 Social Problems in the United States Revision 2. Background 3. Definition of it 4. The Civil Rights Movement 5. The Youth Movement 6. Women’s Liberation Movement Content 1. Racial Problems 2. Poverty as a social problem 3. Drug Abuse (滥用毒品) 4. Crime 5. the abuse of power 滥用职权 Racial Problems1.1 a nation of immigrants Americans are primarily a nation of immigrants, who or whose ancestors came from many parts of the globe. ---1. some as refugees from religious and political persecution (逃避宗教和政治迫害的难民) ---2. some as adventurers from the Old World seeking a better life(从旧大陆来寻求好生活的冒险家) ---3. some as captives brought to American against their own will to be sold into slavery （有一些则是被抓获后违背他们的意愿运到美国，被出卖为奴隶） 1.2 Discrimination Against Blacks Discrimination against blacks: In American society, any group other than the dominant white Anglo-Saxon Protestant majority is a minority group. The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. is the blacks who make up about 11.7% of the population. The myth of their racial inferiority was propagated as a justification for their continued subjugation. (所谓黑人种族低劣的神话被广泛传播，并以此作为永远奴役黑人的借口) 1.3 A short history of African American The Northern states had all outlawed (废除) slavery by 1830, but in the Southern states, it was ended by the Civil War Lincoln’s emancipation of slaves in 1863 (1863年林肯颁布的《解放黑奴宣言》) and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865 （1865年美国通过的第13条宪法修正案） ---But after the abolition of slavery, many states passed segregation(隔离) laws to keep the races apart in schools, housing, restaurants and public facilities, and institutionalized discrimination kept blacks in the lowest-paid jobs.（制度化的种族歧视使黑人只能干一些收入最低的工作。） After 1960s, many American blacks began to have a new mood (1) Blacks felt that the black community ought to coexist with other groups. (2) Blacks felt that “black is beautiful”. (3) Blacks felt more and more proud of themselves the Black “Underclass ?The majority of the blacks