unit-3-American-identity-1-------英美国家概况.pptVIP

* ⒈Many Blacks were elected to important offices in States ⒉Many laws were passed to eliminate racial discrimination, and Southern racism was soon in full retreat ⒊There are thousands of black millionaires, not only athletes and entertainers, but also in business and other professions → * Now, discrimination against blacks is illegal. subtle patterns of informal discrimination in housing, employment, education and virtually every social sphere still persists. The most prominent black figure in present-day America is President Barack Obama. Latinos / Hispanics （西班牙裔） * Origins In terms of regions: Caribbean, Central and South America In terms of countries: Mexico, Puerto Rico（波多黎哥）, Cuba Demography The largest minority group Illegal immigrants Latinos/Hispanics * Hispanics refer to American residents from such countries as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cubans — the three major groups in the American Latino population. In 2000, the Latino population went up to 35.3 million, replacing African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin amounted to 14.4% of the total population in the U.S. * Concentration Mexican Americans: in southwestern states or large mid-western cities (Chicago) Puerto Ricans: New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland. Cubans: Miami and New Orleans. * Hispanics by origin Asian Americans * The first Asians to arrive in the United States in significant numbers were the Chinese, who initially worked in the gold mines and, later, in building the transcontinental railroad. One-fifth of them settled in Hawaii and the rest on the West Coast, mostly in California. Between 1880s and 1908, a sizable number of Japanese arrived in the U.S. and settled in roughly equal numbers on the West Coast and in Hawaii, where they constituted the largest Asian immigrant group. small groups of Koreans and East Indians came to the islands and west coast states from 1900 to 1930. * Asian miners * quite many F