African-Americans-非洲裔美国人

TheAfrican-AmericansSpeaker：刘晓婷Inyourcomprehension,whatistheAfrican-Americans?AfricanAmerican•AlsoreferredtoasBlackAmericansorAfro-Americans,andformerlyasAmericanNegroes,arecitizensorresidentsoftheUnitedStateswhohaveoriginsinanyoftheblackpopulationsofAfrica.CanyouenumeratesomefamouspeoplewhoareAfrican-Americans?FamousAfrican-Americans•1.ThecivilrightsleaderMartinLutherKing马丁·路德·金•2.TheboxerMuhammadAli穆罕默德·阿里•3.ThesingerMichaelJackson迈克尔·杰克逊•4.BasketballstarMichaelJordan迈克尔·乔丹•5.44-45U.S.PresidentBarackObama巴拉克·奥巴马•6.FormersecretaryofstateCondoleezzaRice康多莉扎·赖斯ThedifferencebetweenblackAmericansandAfrican-Americans•BlackAmericans：InordertodistinguishwithNegro,putforwardin1963.GenerallyreferstothedescendantsofslaveswhoweretraffickedtotheUnitedStates.•一般指被贩卖到美国做黑奴的后代•African-Americans：Putforwardin1988，becauseitcancontainhistoricalsignificance.GenerallyreferstolaterimmigrationtotheUnitedStatesofAfrica.•一般指后来移民到美国的非洲人TheAfrican-AmericansTheHistoryofAfricanAmericansthecivilwarcurrentsituationTheHistoryofAfricanAmericans•African-AmericanhistoryistheportionofAmericanhistorythatspecificallydiscussestheAfricanAmericanethnicgroupintheUnitedStates.MostAfricanAmericansarethedescendantsofcaptiveAfricansheldintheUnitedStatesfrom1619to1865.BlacksfromtheCaribbeanwhoseancestorsimmigrated,orwhoimmigratedtotheU.S.,alsotraditionallyhavebeenconsideredAfricanAmerican,astheyshareacommonhistoryofWestAfricanorCentralAfricanroots,theMiddlePassageandslavery.•Itisthesepeoples,whointhepastwerereferredtoastheAmericanNegro,whonowgenerallyconsiderthemselvesAfricanAmericans.TheirhistoryiscelebratedandhighlightedannuallyintheUnitedStatesduringFebruary,designatedasBlackHistoryMonthAtlanticslavetrade•TheAtlanticslavetradetookplaceacrosstheAtlanticoceanfromthe16ththroughtothe19thcenturies.•BlacksweresoldtoEuropeanasslavesbyslavetrader•TriangularTrade•BlacksweresoldtoEuropeanorAmericaasslavesbyslavetrader•TriangularTrade•Manyblackpeoplediedduringthetransportation•Blackslavesweretheslaveowner'sprivateproperty,andweretreatedasanimalsHunttheblackDuringthecivilwar•DuringthecivilwarLincolnabolishedBlackslavery.BlackswerefreedHoweverblacksarenottobeaffordequalrights•Blacksweredeniedthepoliticalright.•·Blackssufferfromsegregation.•·Blackssufferracialdiscrimination.•·Therestrictionsofmarriages.CurrentsituationPoliticalovertonesEducationentertainmentPoliticalovertonesEducation•By2000,AfricanAmericanlaggedoverallineducationattainmentcomparedtowhiteorAsianAmerians,with14%withfouryearand5%withadvanceddegrees,thoughitwashigherthanforotherminorities.EntertainmentAtpresentpeoplepayspecialattentiontopoorpubliceducationandracialdiscrimination–thetwofactsthatpreventtheAmericannationfromfulfillingtheirdreams.Americansalsobegintothinknotonlyabouttheirsocialstatusbutalsoaboutthingsthatmakethemhappy.“And,certainlyonethingformosthumanbeingsistheabilitytoenjoysafeenvironment,safehome,todothingsyouliketodo–inotherwords,havealotofopportunities.”Thanksforattention