Are Americans morally superior?

By: Wesley Johnson

How do we treat women?

• US ranks 22 on a gender equality list • Cuba• Economic, Education, Political, Health• European countries (Top 6)

Humanitarian Aid• U.S.

(19) .21%• Sweden (1)

1.45%

US gives $28.67 billionGermany and France 23 billion

Almost 50% say it comes with stipulations

Gay Right?• 9 states (15.7%)• 12 countries allow it outright• Banning same sex marriage leads to

increase in HIV (Emory University)

Hate Crimes• U.S. just passed new

hate crime stat act• Highest priority for

FBI• Still over 7,000

reported incidents in U.S.

Environmental Impact

• U.S. creates 18.27%• Only below China• EU

Adding it up!• Americans are good in some things

and terrible in others• We must be careful before we claim

to be superior• Martin Luther King, Slaves, Indians

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2013.• Hoffman, Charles-Antoine, Les Roberts, Jeremy Shoham, and Paul Harvey. HPG Research

Report. London: HPG, 2004. Print.• United States. FBI. Hate Crimes. FBI. N.p., 2011. Web. 25 Apr.

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• "List of Countries by Carbon Dioxide Emissions." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Apr. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions>.