Assignment 2

----Los Angeles US

Done by :

Pan Ke

Leng Li Chuan Brian

Gao Zhan

Qiu Yi Fan

Bao Yun Jing

Los Angeles 1992 Riots

Video

Death – 53

Injuries – 2,383

Arrests – 15,008

Damage estimate – Around 1 billion

Events spark the riotRodney 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

African American being shot by an Korean American Incident

Riot-triggering factors

Discrimination on blacks

Racial profiling

Misunderstanding between the ethnic groups

Law-enforcement

Economic status

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.

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

Misunderstanding between the ethnic groups

People had different religions and culture.

Law-enforcement

Police abuse of the power.

Unfair treatment towards non-Whites

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

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.

Contrast between Singapore

and L.A.

Population

47%

11%

11%

31%

Los Angeles

White AmericansAfrican AmericanAsian AmericanOthers

74%

14%

9%

3%

Singapore

Chinese

Malays

Indians

Others

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.

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.

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.

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.

Singapore 2061 and

its Prevention measures

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.

•unequal right of Employment

•Lose job

•financial crisis

•faces tough competition

•Salary may not reasonable

Equal right of Employment

Racial InosculateVarious of Life style

Different of language

Multiple racial

Way of different thinking

Racial Inosculate

Smaller territory, easier to control

Balance the right of different racial and

religion

Institution of living together

Different religions

Understanding

Respect

Exchange

different culture

Solutions

For foreigners:Legislate to protect

deserved rights of the

foreigners.

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.

Job prospect

Developing rising and hi-

tech industries to

create more jobs.

Remain the traditional

industry.

High quality immigrants

Control the number of

immigrants

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.

Control the number of immigrants

Enhance the condition for immigrations

Ability

Education

Working experience

Age

Challenges

Illegal immigrants

Difficult to attract overseas investor

The local may complain about the law

The foreign talent’s may not attract to

Singapore

reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_th

e_United_States#Political_issues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/9-26-

2005-77541.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_A

ngeles_riots