Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-20-1905
Abstract
As we enter the 21st century, Americans have much of which to be proud: we are seen as the strongest and most influential country in the world: our way of life - everything from clothes to movies to economic policies - are seen as the ideal to which many people in other countries aspire. But America also has a dark side: people who must eat out of garbage cans and sleep on sidewalks; urban areas that are unsafe places in which to live; schools that are crumbling around students who have lost their inspiration; and mass media that sell sex, violence and bad news. America today is a society of contrasts - for those people who are making it, the world looks find as long as they can protect themselves; for those who are not, the world that they live in is often dark, dangerouse, and depressing. Given this reality, are we as a society succeeding or failing? How might we do better? This paper attempts to tackle this question by using a different lens in essence a different paradigm - to view and assess the forces that are currently shaping our culture, and, if left unaltered, will also shape our future. The intention of seeing things through a new lens is simple: when things are viewed in a new light, different ways of seeing and doing often become more visible. It seems timely to view our society with new eyes.
Keywords
United States--social conditions--21st century
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Janet Joyce, "America in the 21st Century: Finding Harmony Between Economic and Social Goals" (1905). Student Scholarship. 73.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/73