ELA B10 - Racism, Stereotypes, & Prejudice Flashcards
WF : What was the apartheid?
A civil war against the Dutch South Africans and the Black South Africans.
WF : Why did Mark skip school and stay at the tennis ranch?
Schools were unsafe due to police taking kids away their classes and sometimes resulted into raiding their homes.
WF : What was Mark’s main goal?
To play Tennis and study in Amercia.
WF : Is Helmut a good tennis player?
No, he was described to be a ‘hacker’.
WF : What does Helmut offer which was weird to Mark?
Friendship.
WF : Why was Helmut offering friendship weird?
Because white people and black people did not get along at this time.
WF : Where does Helmut live / reside in currently?
Hillbrow
WF : What arrangement does Helmut ask Mark due to his living arrangements?
To drop him off to his house.
WF : When playing who stared at the pair like aliens?
White people
WF : What does Helmut think of the apartheid?
That white people are stubborn and will not see everyone has human.
WF : What does Helmut compare the apartheid too?
Nazi Occupied Germany and what Hitler did to Germany
WF : Does Mark know what the Holocaust is?
No.
WF : What information does Mark and Helmut exchange?
The Holocaust and Mark’s personal life and the struggles of being a black man in the apartheid.
WF : What do other black people call Mark after they see him with a white man?
Traitor
WF : What does monolithic mean?
Large / Massive
WF : Where do we see Helmut’s loyalty?
Where Helmut says he’ll take the beating if he stumbles into it. And if he can run, he will run.
WF : How may shadowy figures were there?
10
WF : What was the purpose of the shadowy figures?
To beat up Mark.
WF : Who was the shadowy figure’s leader?
Jarvas
WF : What do we know about black communities at this time in the apartheid?
That they disliked whites.
WF : What did Mark do after Jarvas’ gang went to him?
He ran away home with injuries.
WF : What was his mom doing before he came home?
Ironing his sister’s pants.
WF : What do we learn about his dad’s view on white people?
That he hates them.
WF : What does the mother say to Mark about whites and blacks?
That black people are too angry, too desperate.
WF : What does the mother mean with her last sentence?
That black people have been oppressed for so long that hate lingers for white people. They are desperate for equality and some are desperate for something greater.
SWARA : Where does Carole sit on the flight?
12a
SWARA : What was the first semi-racist or racially insensitive did the man beside her do?
Exclaim that he never knew black dolls existed and for a moment refuses to give her doll back.
SWARA : What was the second semi-racist or racially insensitive did the man beside her do?
Stare at her / Investigating her
SWARA : Why isn’t Carole’s parents there?
She is travelling alone to meet her grandparents.
SWARA : What does the couple say about mixed people?
The world isn’t ready for it.
SWARA : When does the couple start to be racist?
Asking a child ‘what’ she is.
SWARA : Carole doesn’t understand but feels angry. Why?
Her innocence sheltered her from truly feeling the angry from what the question meant. However, she still felt angry.
SWARA : The couple pushes Carole for answers. Why does she hesitates to answer?
Her innocence sheltered her.
SWARA : What does Mrs. Norton call her?
Mulatto
SWARA : What does Mulatto mean?
Means bi-racial people. Root word is donkey in Spanish.
SWARA : What does Carole do after a flight attendant comes to serve orange juice?
She snaps because she felt a rush of courage.
SWARA : What does Carol make a comparison too?
If the couple think that her parents are a colouring book.
SWARA : What year is it?
1970
SWARA : How do we know what year it is?
A passenger says “Imagine, someone talking to a child like that, in 1970!”
DW : What is Maggie’s Job?
Housecleaner
DW : What did Maggie think of this job?
That it was like going to school because most of them were kind and thought her things.
DW : Who did she work for?
A lawyer’s house, the Brisseys, Mrs. Forsberg, the Friendmans, Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Jackson
DW : What did her daughter win?
Won a posture contest.
DW : Why did Mrs. Forsberg stop calling her to the table?
Because her guests were belittling her daughter.
DW : What did Mrs. Tucker accuse Maggie of?
Stealing coffee.
