Make Your Way 8, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Read through the statistics about blacks in the USA. Two of the sentences are not true. Which do you think they are? Check with your teacher. 5 Listen to an interview with black journalist Kenneth Scott about the situation of black people in America today. While listening, complete the sentences using a maximum of 4 words. 6 1/03 Life today in Black America 1 The fact that a small black middle class has not resolved the problem of the black underclass. 2 While relatively affluent blacks better areas, poor blacks remain behind. 3 The percentage of black convicts . 4 Black teen pregnancies are those of white teen girls. 5 Standards of inner city schools  . 6 The entire value system of the underclass a gradual change. 7 During the economic recovery of the 1980s to fill all availabe jobs. 8 It is not feasible to change the system of values without the problem of drugs. Two worlds true false   1  In 2011 black unemployment was 16.7%, more than double that of white unemployment at 8.0%.   2  Over 70% of whites own their homes compared with less than 50% of blacks.   3  A black person is about twice as likely to die from disease, accident or murder than a white person is.   4  On average, blacks live 15 years less than whites do.   5  Blacks are three times more likely to be jailed than whites.   6  The financial value of a black household is 10 times less than that of a white one.   7  About 24% of black families live below the poverty line, three times more than the white population.   8  Together Bill Gates and Larry Elision, both white, have more wealth than the combined wealth of all 36 million blacks in America.   9  In 1860, 98% of all Blacks in America worked for white people. In 2001, 62% of all blacks in America still work for white people. 10  An estimated 12.6% of all black men in their late 20s are in prison, compared to 1.7% of white men in the same age group. 27 2 Unit 2: Black isn’t just a colour Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv