学期英美概况七 Social Movements and Problems.pptVIP

Irangate “伊朗门”是发生在美国80年代中期的政治丑闻。主要指美国里根政府向伊朗秘密出售武器，然后将军火交易得到的3000万美元转移到自己支持的尼加拉瓜反政府武装手中，被揭露后而造成严重政治危机的事件。 Discussion What do you think of the abuse of power by government and the abuse of power by corporations. Background for Social Movements The “sit-in” in Greensboro. Slogans of these movements. (We shall overcome”/ Let it all hang out!/ Hell, no, we won’t go”/ Speak your heart without interruption”) Why did the Social Movements Begin? Postwar life and the common dreams Different ideas of what the American dream was. (Afro-Americans, young people and woman) Who worked in the social movements? Who worked in the civil rights movement? Who worked in the anti-war movement? Who worked in the woman’s movement? What is a social movement?(P141) Reasons which led to the civil rights movement Rosa Parks’ spontaneous action in 1955. The black students’ sit-in at a department lunch counter in North Carolina in 1960 touched off the nationwide civil rights movement Organizations in the civil rights movements. (SNCC: the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee./ CORE: the Congress of Racial Equality/ SCLC: the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.) Martin Luther King. Jr., The Youth Movements of the 1960s What is counterculture?(P155) Hippies: They were small groups of youth lived together. They wore long hair, strange and colorful clothes and many of them used drugs. They called themselves the “love generation” The Women’s Movement Three groups of women attended the women’s movement.(P147) * Social Problems Social Movements of the 1960s in the United States Social Problems: Racial Problems Cultures and subcultures → racial conflicts Stratified society → class divisions parallel racial divisions →prevent minority people from full participation in American life Prejudice against minorities a. minorities groups: Hispanics, blacks, Native Americans (Indians) Asian Americans b. Blacks: irresponsibility, promiscuity, laziness and lower