Social Problems in the United States 美国的社会问题PPT

Blacks and whites went to schools, ate at different restaurants, even drank from different water fountains.
Dr. Martin Luther King
Progress
• The Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s helped black people secure many of the rights promised in the Constitution. A 1954 Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation had no place in public school. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man. Finally, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to stop discrimination in all public places.
Violent crime
Violent crime
It has reached alarming proportion in U.S. 61%of all women feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods in night 45%of the population is afraid to walk alone at night near their won homes. 47% own gun ,largely for selfprotection.
Poverty
America is a developed country with high-tech industries as well as professionals
Background of Poverty
Despite our celebrated affluence ,social services in the united states compare unfavorably with those in most industrialized societies
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Abuse of Power by Corporations
Summery: Social Problems in the United States
◆Racial Problems ◆Poverty ◆Drug Abuse ◆Crime ◆The Abuse of Power by Government and Corporations
Aggravation of Poverty in U.S.
The distribution of wealth and income is unequal , which aggravate the problem of poverty
Drug Abuse Is A Social Problem in the United States
I chose not to choose life. I chose something' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?(我选择不要生活，我选择其他。 理由呢？没有理由。只要有海洛因，还要什么理由？” )
Members of racial groups have a disproportionately higher rate of arrests
Reasons: 1. poor or unemployed 2. racial prejudice (the discrimination between blank and white). 3. undereducated 4.selective law enforcement(执法偏见）.
Drug’s Dysfunctions
1. 2. 3. 4. Crime Automobile Accident Effect on Individuals Economic Losses : Threat to the young
Trainspotting
The movie tells about a crowd of young men live with a large number of drugs. It is a very realistic and significant movie.
Social Problems in the United States
Racial problem
Once a man had a dream. He dreamed of a land of peace and harmony. He dreamed of a nation where all people were equal. Some people didn't like his dream. They said it would never happen. Some people applauded his dream.
Young people crimes
The number of young people’s crimes is high
In 2000,33.4% of all arrests were of persons under the age of 21, Nearly 29.3%of all arrests were of persons between the ages of 18 and 21.
Hopeless People in Slum
Comprehension of Poverty in the United States
• 1.the poor do not live with other citizens. • 2.many old people eating dog and cat food to supplement their diets. • 3.Malnutrition and deprivation for hundreds of thousands of children. • 4.unstable marriages, slum housing, illiteracy ,inadequate medical facilities and so on
The Abuse of Power by Government and Corporations
※The abuse of power by government ※The abuse of power by corporations
Watergate
A burglary at a Washington office complex called the Watergate in June 1972 grew into a wide-ranging political scandal that culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon two years later. "Watergate" is shorthand for this tumultuous time in America and its enduring impact.