social issues in america

SOCIAL ISSUES IN AMERCIA

PRESENTED BY: Prof. Street – DVR0061

LET’S DEFINE A SOCIAL PROBLEM

DEFINITION: “THERE……

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GROUP ACTIVITY

THE BOMB SHELTER EXERCISE

EXAMINE…WHAT IS THE SOCIAL ISSUE

ISSUE:_______________ ISSUE:_________________

• Low student morale • Smoking in lavatories • Poor academic

performance • High dropout rate • Vandalism • High absenteeism/skipping

classes

• Increased traffic fatalities • Environmental problems • Air or water pollution • Solid waste disposal/landfills • Poor sanitation • High crime rates • Violent crime • Drugs • Hate crimes

RACISM

http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

HOW IS RACISM VIEWED IN AMERICA

THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

CRACK COCAINE – 699 or higher die from overdosing every year.

ECSTASY – 2.1 million ecstasy pills given out – at a cost of $41 million

MARIJUANA – One of the most populist drugs. 95million Americans ages 12 years and older report using marijuana

HEROIN – heroin and morphine usage was the reason of 51% accidental deaths from drugs

12.8 million or 6 percent of the nation use some type of drug

Drug abuse cost employers $122 billion dollars in unproductive job activities and $15 billion in heath care coverage

Baltimore, Maryland has more per capita individuals living with heroin addiction than any other state in the U.S.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT DRUG USE

THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

The terms ‘sexism’ or ‘gender discrimination’ basically means the prejudicial treatment of a group or a person.

Sexism in the Workplace: From being sexually harassed by male colleagues to women getting paid less for the same jobs.

DISCRIMINATION – AGAINST AGE, SEX, RELIGION AND CULTURE

THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

In America are religious Americans bigots against Non-believers, Atheists ?

If you saw a Muslim on the airplane would you be more fearful and more likely to request help if he/she did an action that looked suspicious than a non-Muslim?

If you are a Muslim, have you ever face discrimination because of your religion?

RELIGION

THE FACE OF RELIGION

Christianity: 2 billion; Islam: 1.3 billion; Hinduism: 900 million; Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million; Buddhism: 360 million; Chinese traditional religion: 225 million

THE SOCIAL PROBLEM

in 2005, the U.S. abortion rate fell to 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 to 44, the lowest level since 1974.

64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%. WORLDWIDE

Number of abortions per year: Approximately 42 Million Number of abortions per day: Approximately 115,000

Why are abortions down in America?

White women obtain 60% of all abortions. However, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.

What may contributing to blacks getting more abortions then that of whites?

ABORTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

ABORTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

Who's having abortions (religion)?Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.; Catholic women account for 31.3%, Jewish women account for 1.3%, and women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions. 18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as "Born-again/Evangelical.”

Who's having abortions (income)?Women with family incomes less than $15,000 obtain 28.7% of all abortions; Women with family incomes between $15,000 and $29,999 obtain 19.5%; Women with family incomes between $30,000 and $59,999 obtain 38.0%; Women with family incomes over $60,000 obtain 13.8%.

SOCIAL PROBLEM

richest 1 percent of the US citizens own 40 percent of the total property of the country, while 80 percent of US citizens own just 1% of the property.

A great number of Americans suffer from poverty and hunger. According to the statistics of the US government, over 32 million citizens, or 12.7 percent of the total population of the country, live under the poverty line.

Are people on welfare, because they are lazy?

Is the gap between the rich and the poor getting wider?

How can this be the greatest country in the world and still have 12.7% living in poverty and 7.2% are unemployed.

Standard of living - between the poor & rich – healthcare