3. Death – 53 Injuries – 2,383 Arrests – 15,008 Damage estimate – Around 1 billion
4. Events spark the riot Rodney King incident Events: King was brutally beaten by at least four white officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) after a high speed pursuit. Jury acquitted all four officers of assault and acquitted three of the four of using excessive force. before after
7. Discrimination on blacks --Blacks were abducted and sold as slaves between 1620 and 1860s.They were treated as a way: bought, sold, and worked, sometimes to death. --Even after 1865, Blacks were still not treated fairly before 1960s although they are not slaves anymore . --By 1960s, the emergence of the Black Power Movement, which lasted roughly from 1966 to 1975, enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial dignity, economic and political self-sufficiency, and freedom from oppression by whites.
8. Racial profiling ---- Racial profiling is the consideration of race early on in criminal investigations. White criminals - 55% Black criminals – 70% 90% of false recognitions are blacks
9. Misunderstanding between the ethnic groups People had different religions and culture. Law-enforcement Police abuse of the power. Unfair treatment towards non-Whites
10. Economic status 1.Extremely high unemployment among the residents of South Central Los Angeles(table given) 2.Black men were less likely to be hired for jobs that did not require a college degree
11. 3.Often last hired and first fired when the economy was unstable. 4.high jobless percentage in young Blacks in 1980-1999.(table given) Conclusion: A survey made by the US Federal Reserve indicated that in 1992 the average net wealth of a middle-income family of Latin Americans, African Americans, or other minorities stood at just 17.23% of that of a white family.
14. Economics In Los Angeles 1992,high unemployment rates due to nation-wide recession, and the African American has the highest jobless percentage. In Singapore, during recent recession, many were affected, either by retrenchment or pay-cut.
15. Law Enforcement L.A 1992 - racial profiling and abusing of their authorities. Not enough punishment or none was followed. Singapore - Strict rules and guidance on the roles of police officers, s punishment impose on abuse of authority.
16. Residential Area L.A 1992 – Residential Segregation Problems, residential are separated based on ethnic groups. Singapore – Encourage different ethnic group to stay close to each other and HDB do not allows a single block of flats to be occupied by only one race.
17. Social Community L.A. 1992 – Individual ethnic group’s community. Singapore – People’s Association to promote racial harmony and social cohesion with activities at Community Centers.
19. Current situation of Singapore 2061 : Foreign-born citizens population had reached almost 50% of the population of Singapore. The unemployment rate of local citizens reached a unhealthy level . A local unemployed man was killed accidentally by an over-zealous police officer . The unemployment citizens started to protest against the lack of jobs.
32. For foreigners: Legislate to protect deserved rights of the foreigners.
33. For education Encourage well-educated people to come to Singapore Give chances to the not well-educated people, but the amount should be controlled. Also let them continue to study to get educated.
34. Job prospect Developing rising and hi-tech industries to create more jobs. Remain the traditional industry.
36. High quality of immigrants Attains human source in a without any investment Save a mass of education outlay Affect country development a lot in the future.
37. Control the number of immigrants Enhance the condition for immigrations Ability Education Working experience Age
38. Challenges Illegal immigrants Difficult to attract overseas investor The local may complain about the law The foreign talent’s may not attract to Singapore
Hello everyone , today we will present Los Angeles for the assignment 2.
Before we talk about year 2061 in Singapore let’s a video first，
During several days rioting . 53 people diednearly 2000 people injuredaround 1 billion damage estimate
Events: the incident started when Soon Ja Du (a shop owner)concluded that Harlins(a girl) was stealing a bottle of orange juice ,then both two had a physical confrontation ,after Harlins run out of the shop, Du shot her from back.
What is not right with USA in 1990s.?
1.Blacks were regard as slaves to the white before 1865 in any state of the Confederate States of America.Being slaves, the blacks were whipped by the whites if they did not obey instructions such as behaving like a dog in front of other whites in public
Racial profiling is the consideration of race early on in criminal investigations. If a member of a race is considered more likely to be involved in criminal behavior due to his race, he may be more often suspected of committing crimes, even when no evidence exists to justify this supposition. One of the most common cases of racial profiling is “driving while black” or DWB in America.Blacks are much more likely to be stopped and searchedPolice are more likely to use force against a black (2.7 %) or Hispanic (2.4 %) driver than a white (0.8 %) driver
As we all know, people from different country more or less had different culture and its religions. As they come and live in one country, when they communicate , live with each other, they may had various of lifestyle ,and different ways to think.From previous the Rodney King incident
