Multiculturalism Flashcards

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Le multiculturalisme

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Multiculturalism

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Diversité contre unité

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Diversity vs unity

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What is multiculturalism?

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Policies aimed at recognizing and allowing members of distinct groups to preserve their different cultures or cultural identities. It is opposed to integration which implies to adopt the culture of the host country.

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Une minorité ethnique

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An ethnic minority

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Les étudiants issus des minorités

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Minority students

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Un pays natal

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A native country

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Un pays d’accueil

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A host country

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Accueillir les immigrants

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To welcome immigrants

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The difference between the melting pot and the salad bowl

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In the melting pot different cultures are going into one whereas in the salad bowl people of different cultures cohabit next to each other but don’t “melt”

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Devise

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Motto

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Un nouvel arrivant

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A newcomer

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Un citoyen

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A citizen

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La citoyenneté

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Citizenship

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Les préjugés raciaux

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Racial prejudice

Racial bias

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La diversité culturelle

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Cultural diversity

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Une société multiraciale

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A multiracial society

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La culture dominante/majoritaire

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mainstream culture

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Prêter serment

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To take the oath

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Jurer allégeance

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To bear allegiance

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Accomplir mes devoirs de citoyen canadien

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To fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen

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Être assimilé dans uns société

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To assimilate into a society

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S’intégrer dans une société

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To become integrated into a society

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L’intégration

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Integration

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L’insertion sociale

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Social integration

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Se mêler aux autres

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To mix with other people

To mingle with other people

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Fréquenter ses voisins

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To socialize with one’s neighbours

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Vivre en paix avec d’autres communautés

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To live peaceably with other communities

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Cohabiter avec quelqu’un

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To cohabit with somebody

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Coexister avec quelqu’un

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To coexist with somebody

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Coexistence pacifique

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Peaceful coexistence

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État de droit

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Rule of law

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What is integration? (Tony Blair)

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Integration is not about lifestyle or culture, it’s about values, not what defines us as people but as citizens.

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L’incompréhension

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Incomprehension

Lack of understanding

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La barrière de la langue

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The language barrier

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Méfiance

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Mistrust

Distrust

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Ils ne se mêlent pas aux autres

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They keep themselves to themselves

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Etre coupé du reste de la société

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To be cut off from the rest of society

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Rejeter les valeurs occidentales

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To reject Western values

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Le rejet des normes culturelles occidentales

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The rejection of Western cultural standards

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Laïc

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Secular

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Laïcité

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Secularism

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La séparation de l’Église et de l’État

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The separation of church and state

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Le chauvinisme

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Chauvinism

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Chauviniste

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Chauvinistic

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Favoriser la haine

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To foster hatred

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Nourrir la haine
Alimenter la haine
Entretenir la haine

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To fuel hatred

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Inciter à la haine raciale

Inviter à la haine religieuse

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To incite religious hatred

To incite racial hatred

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Menacer la cohésion nationale

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To threaten national cohesion

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L’identité nationale

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National identity

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Situation tragique

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The plight

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Identity politics

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Political action to advance the interest of a group whose members feel oppressed and marginalized because of a characteristic they share (race, gender, sexual orientation,…)

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La ségrégation

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Segregation

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La déségrégation

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desegregation

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Un quartier noir

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A black neighbourhood

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Une banlieue entièrement blanche

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A lily-white suburb

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Un ghetto

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A ghetto

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La ghettoïsation

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Ghettoization

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Une enclave

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An enclave

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Une enclave résidentielle protégée

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A gated community

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Au lendemain de

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In the wake of

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D’origine pakistanaise

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Of Pakistani descent

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Etre très critiqué

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To come under fire

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À peine déguisée

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Slightly veiled

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Ouverture d’esprit

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Broad-mindedness

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Les quartiers déshérités des centres-villes américains

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Inner-city areas

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Défavorisé

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Disadvantaged

Underprivileged

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Des citoyens de seconde zone

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Second-class citizens

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Une société a deux vitesses

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A two-tier society

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La discrimination

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Discrimination

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Être victime de discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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Promouvoir un salarié

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To promote a worker

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Limite invisible à la promotion de certaines catégories de salariés

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A glass ceiling

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Être victime de brimades

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To be victimized

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Exclure quelqu’un

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To exclude somebody

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Ostraciser quelqu’un

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To ostracize somebody

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Marginaliser quelqu’un

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To marginalize somebody

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Un vide

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A vacuum

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Rejetés

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Alienated

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Minimiser

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To downplay

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Des jeunes hommes d’origine asiatique/italienne

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Young men of Asian/Italian descent
Young men of Asian/Italian origin
Young men of Asian/Italian background

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La population musulmane d’origine pakistanaise

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The Muslim population of Pakistani origin

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Des immigrés de deuxième génération

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Second generation immigrants

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Un mariage forcé

Un mariage arrangé

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A forced marriage

An arranged marriage

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Un mariage blanc

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A sham marriage

A marriage of convenience

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Le mariage interethnique

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Inter-ethnic marriage

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Un mariage mixte

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A mixed marriage

A mixed-race marriage

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Etre métis

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To be mixed-race

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Avoir une double culture

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To be dual heritage

To have dual heritage

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La discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

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L’égalité des chances

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Equal opportunity

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Instaurer des quotas

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To introduce quotas

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L’instauration de quotas

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The introduction of quotas

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Véhiculé par

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Embedded in

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Dominant

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Mainstream

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S’excuser de quelque chose auprès de quelqu’un

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To apologize to somebody for something

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Réparer des injustices

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To set right wrongs

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Corriger des déséquilibres

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To redress imbalances

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Remettre quelque chose en cause

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To call something into question