现代大学英语 精读2（第三版）教学课件B2U2.pptx

; The origin of racism in the United States Interracial marriage in the United States;The origin of racism in the United States Watch the video clip and answer the following questions: 1. The racism in the United States was not invented overnight, so what is its origin? Anglo Saxons’ prejudices bred white supremacy, social Darwinism reinforced “might becoming right” and modern challenges catalyzed white discrimination against minorities… 2. To further justify their superiority, what did racists invent? Can you simply explain this theory and summarize the purpose of this theory? Another theory “the White Man’s Burden”: white colonizers have the duty to “care for” non-white indigenous people. Under this theory, brutal colonization was glorified as a “mission of civilization”, and ethnicity-based prejudice was packaged as a special gift for the non-white…;Interracial Marriage in the United States In the United States,?anti-miscegenation laws?(also known as miscegenation laws) were laws passed by most states that prohibited?interracial marriage, and in some cases also prohibited interracial sexual relations.? Interracial marriage in the United States?has been legal throughout the?United States?since at least the 1967?U.S. Supreme Court?(Warren Court) decision?Loving v. Virginia?(1967)（洛文诉弗吉尼亚州）that held that?anti-miscegenation laws?were unconstitutional. Public approval of interracial marriage rose from around 5% in the 1950s to around 80% in the 2000s. The proportion of interracial marriages is markedly different depending on the?ethnicity?and?gender?of the spouses.;1. About the author 2. Background? 3. Structure 4. Questions to check on pre-class work 5. Go to the text ;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;Text;4. Questions to check on pre-class work? What do we know about this couple? From which part of the text can we infer how long they have been married and roughly how old they are? How would you describe their relationship? Have they been a happ