American

culture
reflection
By Wabi-Sabi team
 Table of contents
01 02
OVERVIEW REFLECTION

03
SUMMARY
 01
OVERVIEW
About American Culture
 What is culture?
Beliefs, customs, clothing,
food, and arts of a particular
society, group, place, or time

American culture
The USA is one of the most
culturally diverse countries
in the word.
 Reflection on
01 Traditional American Values and Beliefs

02 The World of American Business

03 Government and Politics in the United States

04 Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States

05 Education in the United States

06 How Americans spend their Leisure time

 02
Reflection
Traditional American Values and Beliefs
Traditional American Values and Beliefs

Individual freedom Equality of opportunity Material wealth

Self-reliance Competition Hard work

The US is notable for its individualism

Negative
Positive effects
effects
Reasons for the
uncontrollable
outbreak
America is one of the highest rates of Covid-19
in the world
The problem of collaboration

(Source: TIME)
CFR (Council on Foreign Relations):
The feud between America and China
Reasons for the uncontrollable outbreak

• Don’t take
non-pharmaceutical
measures

• Say no to vaccinating

• The problem of collaboration

 Covid-19 comparision

Total vaccine
Cases -
Cases - Deaths - Deaths - newly doses
newly
Name cumulative cumulative reported in last administered
reported in
total total 7 days per 100
last 7 days
population

Global 532,201,219 3,267,537 6,305,358 8,893 152.09

USA 84,292,712 741,391 1,000,850 2,643 175.21

Vietnam 10,728,720 6,086 43,081 1 227.719

(https://covid19.who.int/table)
VIETNAM WINS
INTERNATIONAL
PRAISE FOR
COVID-19
SUCCESS

Cre: ABC
RESULT
 02
Reflection
The World of American Business
 The characteristics of American business

- Directly/indirectly owned by private

individuals/groups for profit.

- There are also

+ Public, government owned institutions
+ Nonprofit organizations (churches,
charities, etc)
 The dream of getting rich

- Most wealthy Americans have

achieved their wealth through
successful business.
- Business is seen as benefiting the
whole nation.
 The changing American workforce

- American business was dominated by

white males.

- New immigrants are changing the

American workforce

- More women have entered the

workforce - now 50%
 Entrepreneurs vs. CEO

Entrepreneurs CEO
A leader off hero A manager

Start a business Manage a business

Powerful and wealthy Powerful and wealthy

 02
Reflection
Government and Politics in the United States
The Organization of the United States Government

Most Americans still strongly believe in the American system

The United States and Vietnam polictics comparision

  The United States Vietnam

Government
Federal Republic Socialist Republic
form

Two-party system:
One-party system: Communist
Party system + Republicans
Party
+ Democrats
 The Ideal of the Free Individual

-It’s the Central purpose of government

-All classes of Americans: protect themselves

from the national government's actions.

- House passes package of gun control bills

 02
Reflection
Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States
 Ethnic and racial in the United States
-The United States has an
ethnically and racially diverse
population.

-Ethnicity: national, tribal,

religious, linguistic, or
cultural origin.

-Races: mixture of physical, ancestral genes,

physical appearance, skin color, hair texture….
The reality of Ethnic and racial in the United States:

2010 (%) 2021 (%) 2045 (%)

Whites 63.7 60.1 49.7

Hispanics 16.4 18.5 26.6
Blacks 12.2 12.2 13.1
Asians 4.7 5.6 7.9
Multiracial
3 3.6 3.8
populations

Racial diversity in the United States in 2010, 2021 and 2045

(Source: https://www.brookings.edu/)
Whites will decrease; Hispanics, Blacks, Asian, Multiracial
populations will increase.
 The role of immigrants in The United States

POPULATION WORKFORCE EDUCATION ECONOMY

- Increase population - Create jobs - Well educated and - Develop US economy
size  - Solving the problem of skilled create jobs
- Maintain the ratio of manual labor shortages. - Provide talented - Increase nation’s
elderly to working-age - Developing the people capacity
economy
 Negative effects of immigration in the US

Causing over-population, Racist violence against Encouraging disease

and pollution issues immigrants transmission
 02
Reflection
Comparison between Vietnamese and
American Education
 American and Vietnamese’ education comparison
America Vietnam

Attending University becoming more and more similar to education In Vietnam:

important Vietnamese pay more attention to education

Teaching method learning style: student-based learning style: teacher-based

(students are encouraged to
ask questions, think and
express their own opinions)

Inequality discrimination between the emphasizes too much on “obeying

black and the white in regulations”
education
Challenges Find ways to give all students - challenge of using technology in
the very best education education.
possible -level up the teaching quality
Find ways to provide all
students equality of
educational opportunity
 02
Reflection
How American spend their leisure time
 American spend their leisure time

SPORTS

WATCHING TV

OTHERS
 SPORTS

Physical education investment High spirit of sports

WATCHING TV

“Couch potatoes”

⇒ preference for fast food

⇒ obesity
 OTHER ACTIVITIES

Bars, barbecue parties Playing board games Hang out with friends
 03
Reflection
Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States
 SUMMARY
✔ American culture truly is a melting pot.
✔ Different characteristics of culture make
the USA one of kind
✔ There are several different beliefs, foods,
and interests that make American a place
of opportunity
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