I.One-Line Stereotypes about the USA Stereotype 1:All Americans are rich. Like most countries in the world,the USA has a wide range of people from very rich to very poor. -Over the last 40 years the percentage officially classified as living in poverty has fluctuated between 11%and 15%of the population. -About 1%of the population are homeless people
I. One-Line Stereotypes about the USA Stereotype 1: All Americans are rich. - Like most countries in the world, the USA has a wide range of people from very rich to very poor. -Over the last 40 years the percentage officially classified as living in poverty has fluctuated between 11% and 15% of the population. -About 1% of the population are homeless people
I.One-Line Stereotypes about the USA KNOW YOU WORKED HARD FOR WT)酒 CAN YOU PEE MIP Warren Buffett and Bill Gates rank first and second on Forbes'list of the 400 richest A homeless person begs for help on the street. Americans
I. One-Line Stereotypes about the USA • Warren Buffett and Bill Gates rank first and second on Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. A homeless person begs for help on the street
Stereotype 2:American society is violent. Crime rates in the USA,despite sharp declines in recent years,remain notably higher than in other industrialized countries -About 1%of the population is in prison,the highest ratio in the world. -Who commits crimes?Very often,underclass people who have poor prospects for jobs. Crimes are associated with guns,about 25%of Americans own a gun
Stereotype 2: American society is violent. - Crime rates in the USA, despite sharp declines in recent years, remain notably higher than in other industrialized countries . -About 1% of the population is in prison, the highest ratio in the world. -Who commits crimes? Very often, underclass people who have poor prospects for jobs. - Crimes are associated with guns, about 25% of Americans own a gun
Stereotype 2:American society is violent. LAST YEAR,HANDGUNS KILLED 48 PEOPLE IN JAPAN. 8 IN GREAT BRITAIN. 34 IN SWITZERLAND. 52 IN CANADA. 58 IN ISRAEL 21 IN SWEDEN 42 IN WEST GERMANY. 10.728 IN THE UNITED STATES. GOD BLESS AMERICA. Street fighting in a New York Neighborhood STOP HANDGUNS BEFORE THEY STOP YOU
Street fighting in a New York Neighborhood Stereotype 2: American society is violent
Stereotype 3:American families are in disarray. Before World War II,American families were dominated by the senior male as husband and father. The newer,more egalitarian family after WWII are a"nurturing- parent"family,in which children were encouraged to think,act independently. ● New "no-fault"divorce laws that are now nearly universal in American states,caused the divorce rate to rise to about 50% Shifting marriage patterns also cause many young people to listen to their peers more than to their parents. As a long-term result,traditional values do not transmit readily from one generation to the next,leading to a polarized society
Stereotype 3: American families are in disarray. • Before World War II, American families were dominated by the senior male as husband and father. • The newer, more egalitarian family after WWII are a “nurturingparent” family, in which children were encouraged to think, act independently. • New “no-fault” divorce laws that are now nearly universal in American states, caused the divorce rate to rise to about 50%. • Shifting marriage patterns also cause many young people to listen to their peers more than to their parents. • As a long-term result, traditional values do not transmit readily from one generation to the next, leading to a polarized society