Social-Problems-in-America-美国社会问题.pptx

1、,Shooting of Trayvon Martin,On the night of February 26,2012,in Sanford,Florida,United States,George Zimmerman,a 28-year-old mixed-race Hispanic,fatally shot Trayvon Martin,a 17-year-old African American high school student.who was unarmed,during an altercation between the two for Zimmerman doubt Ma

2、rtin is a hooligan and suspectable.,Racial Problems,【Dominant】White Anglo-Saxon Protestant majority【Minority】Americans Indians,Afro-Americans,the Hispanics(拉丁美洲的),Asian Americans,Current status of Afro-Americans,Education gainsFamily income increasePolitical influence of blacksRace relations,Problem

3、 left over by history,Slavery,Segregation laws,Poverty means malnutrition and deprivation for hundreds of thousands of children.,Poverty means greater susceptibility to disease,to alcoholism,to victimization by criminals,and to mental disorders.,Poverty means unstable marriage,slum housing,illiterac

4、y,ignorance,inadequate medical facilities,and shortened life expectancy.,Poverty means old people eating dog and cat food to supplement their diets.,Poverty is intended to represent the minimum income necessary to provide adequate food and shelter.The weighted average poverty threshold for a family

5、of four was 21,954.,Single family and lack of rescue,Slavery,Family,Lack of rescue,Children in single-parent family has 6 times higher possibilities in poverty that children in complete family.,Long-term lack of rescue plan by government and irrationality of policies,poverty stays inextricable.,majo

6、r threat,drug problem,most challenging,most challenging,drug problem,major threat,a third of,twelve and older,Ninety percent,a third of,twelve and older,ninety percent,Drug Abuse,Drug Abuse,Individualism and Sensualism(享乐主义）,Individualism,Sensualism,Too free and loose environment of the U.S.leads to

7、 the too much concentration of individuals and the easy access to drugs.,The drug not only accord with the value definition of sensualism but also help addicts find their“true self”.,Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting,On 14th,December 2012,an elementary school in Connecticut was shot by a 20-year

8、-old psychotic murder,causing 28 deaths including 20 children.The murder then shot himself after killing his mother.,Violent Crime Rates in the United States,Crime,Young people appear to commit far more than their share of crime,including the crimes that are classified by the FBI as most seriousrape

9、,murder,robbery,arson,burglary,aggravated assault,and larceny.,Crime,Crime,Overabundance and Aggressiveness,Overabundance,The overabundance of firearms and drugs has brought with America a great many grave problems including large scale of crime.,Aggressiveness,As a civilization branching from Germa

10、nic,Anglo-Saxon nation stays away from Rome civilization and featured aggressive.,PRISM:clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining program(秘密大规模电子监控数据挖掘项目)by the National Security Agency(NSA),Snowden former employee in NSA and CIA,released classified material.PRISM collects stored Internet communications based on demands made to Internet companies such as Google Inc.and Apple Inc.,The Abuse of power by Government,Abuse of Power,Insecurity and Exceptionalism,Homeland security,Exceptionalism,