What are the interesting stories of the three major races living in America?

300 years ago, the United States was just a vast wasteland, but with thousands of immigrants from different nationalities and languages coming here with their cultures, the United States began to develop rapidly and experienced nearly 300 years of historical evolution and changes, becoming the number one power in the world today. The American economy is an amazing economy. When we say that a country's economy is developed, we often say that its industry is developed, such as Britain, Germany or Japan, or at most that its industry and agriculture are developed, such as France. However, the United States is more than that: it has not only ordinary industrial development and agricultural development, but also more comprehensive development. It has developed in almost any field, ranking first in the world. To make a metaphor, it is not the top three, nor the runner-up, nor even the champion, but the super overlord of the ten consecutive tyrants. The most striking feature of American human geography is that it is a melting pot of a nation and a huge immigrant country. Indians are the earliest inhabitants of America. They came from Asia in distant ancient times. After Columbus discovered America, Europeans began to immigrate to America in large numbers. Today, this immigration trend continues. The difference is that immigrants come to the United States not only from Europe, but also from all over the world. This is the main reason for the growing population in the United States. By 2006, the population of the United States has reached 300 million, and it is still growing steadily. In terms of total population, the United States ranks third in the world, behind China and India, but much less than China and India. Only India's 1 14 is not as good as China's 14. In terms of race, the population of the United States can be roughly divided into white people, black people and yellow people, and there are many mixed-race people. The three major races in the world can be found in the United States, and there are many. This applies not only to races, but also to countries. In fact, almost every country in the world, at least a big country, can find them in the United States. These ethnic groups have brought their languages and religious beliefs, which makes American languages and religious beliefs as colorful as their ethnic composition. White people are the main ethnic group in the United States, accounting for about 80% of the total population. These whites can be divided into two major ethnic groups, namely Latinos and non-Latinos. Latin American businessmen mainly come from Mexico. Although they are basically the same as whites, in fact, Latino whites, mainly Mexican whites, are no longer regarded as whites in the United States, but they are classified as a single group or placed in three other ethnic groups except whites. First, they are not pure white, but mixed with Indian descent. The other is that their economic and social status is relatively backward and cannot be compared with other whites. White people of non-Latin American descent are standard American whites. This ethnic group has two common characteristics: first, they are all pure white people; Second, they all come from Europe or Australia and Canada of European race; Third, they basically speak English. These people account for about 75% of the total population of the United States and are the main ethnic groups in the United States. Among these non-Hispanic whites, of course, the British are dominant, and the United States was established mainly by their ancestors. They have always ruled American society, among which the Anglo-Saxons who believe in Protestantism, that is, the English, are the most outstanding. From a certain point of view, such as social status, they can be called "aristocrats" in American society. These people have basically served as presidents of the United States. There is another white race in American society that deserves to be singled out for discussion, and that is Jews. At present, there are more than 6 million Jews in the United States, which is the largest Jewish settlement in the world, surpassing the number of Jews in Israel. In the United States, although the number of Jews is not particularly large, their status is far from comparable. They play an important role in American society, especially in the economic field, and quite a few bosses are Jews. For example, about 20% of American millionaires are Jews. In addition, in the fields of science and education, Jewish elites can be seen everywhere. For example, among the more than 65,438+000 Nobel Prize winners in the United States, almost half are Jewish or of Jewish descent. Jews who are politically important can also be seen everywhere. For example, the famous politician, Kissinger, President Nixon's secretary of state, is a Jew who immigrated from Germany, and Albright, Clinton's female secretary of state, is a Jew who immigrated from the Czech Republic. Black people are usually called African-Americans now. Basically, they are descendants of slaves who were tied up from Africa hundreds of years ago. Now they have become the second largest black race in the United States, with more than 30 million people, accounting for about 12% of the total population of the United States, second only to whites. Black people are the poorest and least educated of all races in America. Only one of about five people belongs to the middle class and two people are below the poverty line. Blacks account for about 50% of American prisoners. In order to change this sad situation, the US Congress and * * * have taken a series of measures. For example, the National Assembly has enacted the famous Affirmative Action Act, which stipulates what percentage of the students enrolled by a university and the employees of the * * * department, especially blacks, should be given priority under the same conditions, and so on. This has enabled a large number of black people to enter the * * * department and become employees of * * *, and many people have been promoted rapidly and become senior officials. For example, Jackson, former Secretary of State Powell, and former national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who almost succeeded in competing for the Democratic presidential nomination, were all black. Powell was also 199 1 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army during the Gulf War, and was the highest military post in the United States, second only to the president as commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. Today, US President Barack Obama is the first black president in American history. In the United States, the place with the largest number of black officials is probably the police station. Everyone has seen American movies, and you can often see many black policemen in movies. Many black policemen are "long" and scold their white policemen if they are unhappy. This plot is not entirely fictional. The most remarkable achievement of black Americans is sports. Because black people have incomparable physical qualities with other races, they are very suitable for sports. Most famous American athletes are black, such as boxing champion Ali, track and field king carl lewis and Williams sisters, all of whom are black, while the most dazzling stars in NBA are mostly black. Although Tiger Woods, the king of golf, is a half-breed, his mother is a businessman, and he is a half-breed, but he is also black. The yellow race in the United States includes two parts, one is an Indian and the other is an Asian businessman. Although they belong to the same race, their fate in American society is quite different. There are about 654.38+90 million Indians in the United States. Although they are native Americans and the whole United States originally belonged to them, their status is even lower than that of blacks. Most of them live a poor and boring life in their so-called reservation. Indians have been working hard. Since 1980s, Indian tribes in the reserve have had more contact with the outside world and gradually developed their own industries and businesses, especially tourism. Now, visiting Indian reservation has become an important tourism project for Americans and foreigners coming to the United States. Moreover, the United States stipulates that Indians can legally operate casinos on their reservations without paying taxes, which also brings them some benefits. Asian businessmen in the United States mainly refer to immigrants from East and Southeast Asian countries. Among the ethnic minorities in the United States, Asians have the best life, especially immigrants from China, Japan and South Korea. At present, the population of Asian businessmen in the United States has exceeded 6.5438+million, and the population of Chinese businessmen is the largest, about 2.5 million, and it is still growing. In the United States today, except for a few Japanese, Chinese Americans are the only Asian businessmen who may surpass whites in education level and per capita income, and their achievements are second only to those of their wives among all ethnic minorities. It is a tradition of China people to attach importance to education. Chinese in the United States always try their best to let their children go to college, master's degree and doctor's degree, so that the average education level of Chinese, for example, the rate of middle school graduates going to college is much higher than that of ordinary Americans or even whites, and they do well in school. The best performance of Chinese in the United States is in the field of science and technology. In American universities, there are many China students with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes. From teaching assistants to professors, many of them are from China, quite a few of them have become department heads, and several of them have won the Nobel Prize for their scientific research leadership. For example, Li Zhengdao is the physics prize winner of 1957; Yang Zhenning is the winner of 1957 physics prize; Ding Zhaozhong is the winner of 1976 physics prize; Li Yuanzhe is the winner of 1986 chemistry prize; Zhu won the 1997 physics prize; Cui Qi is the winner of 1998 physics prize; Qian Yongjian was the winner of the chemistry prize in 2008. In addition, Wu Jianxiong is also a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, and Tian Changlin was the president of the famous University of California, Berkeley, from 1990 to 1997. These are the best Chinese scientists in America. In fact, not only the scientific community, but also China people have considerable influence in American society. Let me give you some examples. I.M. Pei is the designer of the glass pyramid of Khufu Palace. His representative works include the East Pavilion of the National Gallery of America, Carnegie Hall of the Kennedy Presidential Memorial Library, Beijing Xiangshan Hotel, and Hong Kong landmark China Bank Hong Kong Branch. I.M. Pei is widely regarded as the greatest architect in the world today. Yo-Yo Ma is a world-famous cellist, and composer Tan Dun won the 73rd Academy Award for Best Original Music. Connie chung was once the most famous female news announcer in the United States, and became one of the most famous figures in the United States because she co-hosted the evening news with Dan Lasser, a famous host of CBS. Michelle Kwan, the young world figure skating champion, has won the national figure skating championship for four times in a row, and is the founder of Yahoo, the world's first portal, and the founder, president and CEO of United Computer International, one of the largest software companies in the United States. He is the most famous expert in criminal evidence collection in the United States. Known as "Modern Sherlock Holmes", he served as the police chief of Connecticut. There are many retired or active generals in the US Army, such as Yongjie Qian and Major General. Fu Lvren, Major General's army; Lin, the army; Chen Wei, general of the army; Liu Guoying, Major General Air Force. The following three are political leaders in China: Wu Zhenwei, who was elected to the US Congress; Locke, former governor of washington; Former US Secretary of Labor Zhao Xiaolan. Wait, there are still many such excellent American Chinese. However, the most influential China people in the United States are in the field of science and technology. It is said that Americans who love to laugh at themselves have a saying: "The wealth of the United States is in the wallet of Jews, and the knowledge is in the head of China." A major feature of mixed ethnic groups in the United States is that although there are many ethnic groups living in the United States, they live together and form a relatively independent small society. In this small society, everyone's language, religious beliefs and living habits remain basically unchanged. Of course, this situation is typical in China. Many big cities in the United States have China people living in one place, which makes this settlement a famous Chinatown. There are many Chinatowns in the United States, the most famous of which are those in San Francisco and new york. In my future trip to America, I will take you to visit one of the most famous Chinatowns. In these Chinatowns, Chinese food is served in restaurants. Signs in shops are square characters, which sell authentic China goods. Bookstores sell Chinese books. Even Young Fang Shiyu and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are shown in cinemas. As for the people walking in the street, except the foreign tourists who look around curiously, they all look like us. Although everything that mouth says is accented, it is all authentic Chinese. In addition to these, there are all kinds of public facilities in Chinatown, such as hospitals, telephone offices and even schools, and there is no need to ask outside. It is said that some people in China have lived in the United States for twenty or thirty years and can't even speak a word of English. Why? Because he doesn't need to walk out of Chinatown, and in Chinatown, just like Nanjing Road in Shanghai, he doesn't need to speak a foreign language! China people are like this, and there are many other nationalities, such as Italians, Greeks, Turks, Vietnamese, Koreans and so on. , are all about the same. They live in groups in various cities and have their own living facilities. In these settlements, they speak their own language. It's like a city within a city, a country within a country.