The situation of black people in America

Unit 2/ Nr. 7

The situation of black people in America

Martin Luther King à the key figure in the struggle for emancipation (Befreiung) of the blacks à about 15% are black = 30 million people

a divided black US society:
black middle class (Bourgeoisie) à they are well - off à they are better paid and housed à when you climb up the social ladder you move into a better neighbourhood (e.g. the country)
lots of ‘underdogs’ (poor people) remained in the inner cities forming a big underclass there à the hearts of the US cities became slums à rising crime - rates, drug - dealing
underclass = 3 million people
people between 18 - 25 are more likely to be murdered than to die in a car accident
Washington D.C.: the crime - rate is steadily increasing
in New York: crime - rate dropped by 65% in the last 5 - 10 years
mayor (Bürgermeister) of N.Y.: Giuliani
police had unlimited rights à became very brutal

45% of the inmates (Insassen) of prisons in the USA are black
more than 50% of black families are without fathers
the number of teenage pregnancies (Schwangerschaft) is more than double of white girls à it’s a vicious circle (Teufelskreis) à in cities slums developed à the cities decayed à lots of criminals, drug - dealer
economic reasons: in 70ies many people lost their jobs especially in the inner cities - fringe of society - the standard on US schools fell dramatically
lawlessness in the streets became the order of the slums - the value system had changed - not working had become acceptable à in the 80ies à economy recovered à people didn’t want to work any more - general chance of attitudes - new jobs would be to have created - school system should be to have reformed
lots of drug - dealer roam (herumsandeln) in the cities

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