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
To mix with other people | To mingle with other people
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Fréquenter ses voisins
To socialize with one's neighbours
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Vivre en paix avec d'autres communautés
To live peaceably with other communities
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Cohabiter avec quelqu'un
To cohabit with somebody
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Coexister avec quelqu'un
To coexist with somebody
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Coexistence pacifique
Peaceful coexistence
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État de droit
Rule of law
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What is integration? (Tony Blair)
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
Incomprehension | Lack of understanding
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La barrière de la langue
The language barrier
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Méfiance
Mistrust | Distrust
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Ils ne se mêlent pas aux autres
They keep themselves to themselves
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Etre coupé du reste de la société
To be cut off from the rest of society
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Rejeter les valeurs occidentales
To reject Western values
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Le rejet des normes culturelles occidentales
The rejection of Western cultural standards
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Laïc
Secular
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Laïcité
Secularism
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La séparation de l'Église et de l'État
The separation of church and state
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Le chauvinisme
Chauvinism
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Chauviniste
Chauvinistic
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Favoriser la haine
To foster hatred
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Nourrir la haine Alimenter la haine Entretenir la haine
To fuel hatred
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Inciter à la haine raciale | Inviter à la haine religieuse
To incite religious hatred | To incite racial hatred
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Menacer la cohésion nationale
To threaten national cohesion
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L'identité nationale
National identity
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Situation tragique
The plight
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Identity politics
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
Segregation
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La déségrégation
desegregation
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Un quartier noir
A black neighbourhood
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Une banlieue entièrement blanche
A lily-white suburb
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Un ghetto
A ghetto
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La ghettoïsation
Ghettoization
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Une enclave
An enclave
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Une enclave résidentielle protégée
A gated community
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Au lendemain de
In the wake of
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D'origine pakistanaise
Of Pakistani descent
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Etre très critiqué
To come under fire
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À peine déguisée
Slightly veiled
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Ouverture d'esprit
Broad-mindedness
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Les quartiers déshérités des centres-villes américains
Inner-city areas
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Défavorisé
Disadvantaged | Underprivileged
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Des citoyens de seconde zone
Second-class citizens
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Une société a deux vitesses
A two-tier society
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La discrimination
Discrimination
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Être victime de discrimination
To be discriminated against
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Promouvoir un salarié
To promote a worker
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Limite invisible à la promotion de certaines catégories de salariés
A glass ceiling
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Être victime de brimades
To be victimized
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Exclure quelqu'un
To exclude somebody
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Ostraciser quelqu'un
To ostracize somebody
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Marginaliser quelqu'un
To marginalize somebody
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Un vide
A vacuum
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Rejetés
Alienated
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Minimiser
To downplay
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Des jeunes hommes d'origine asiatique/italienne
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
The Muslim population of Pakistani origin
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Des immigrés de deuxième génération
Second generation immigrants
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Un mariage forcé | Un mariage arrangé
A forced marriage | An arranged marriage
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Un mariage blanc
A sham marriage | A marriage of convenience
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Le mariage interethnique
Inter-ethnic marriage
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Un mariage mixte
A mixed marriage | A mixed-race marriage
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Etre métis
To be mixed-race
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Avoir une double culture
To be dual heritage | To have dual heritage
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La discrimination positive
Affirmative action
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L'égalité des chances
Equal opportunity
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Instaurer des quotas
To introduce quotas
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L'instauration de quotas
The introduction of quotas
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Véhiculé par
Embedded in
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Dominant
Mainstream
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S'excuser de quelque chose auprès de quelqu'un
To apologize to somebody for something
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Réparer des injustices
To set right wrongs
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Corriger des déséquilibres
To redress imbalances
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Remettre quelque chose en cause
To call something into question