RACISM

Question 1

préjugés raciaux

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racial bias

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le commerce des esclaves

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the slave trade

Question 3

the fourteenth amendment

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provides a broad definition of citizenship including slaves and their descendants who until then had been denied constitutional rights

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borné

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narrow minded

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une agression à caractère raciste

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a racially motivated attack

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des insultes à caractères racistes

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racial abuse

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alimenter/nourrir les tensions

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to fuel tensions

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profaner une tombe

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to desecrate a grave

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le négationnisme

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revisionism

Question 10

la discrimination raciale

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the color bar, the color line

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être victime d’une discrimination

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to be discriminated against

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proscrire, déclarer hors la loi

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to ban, to outlaw

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Ferguson riots

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in 2014 after the fatal shooting of Michael brown by a white officer in Ferguson Missouri

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BLM

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created in 2013
compaigns against police brutality, racial profiling, systematic racism

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NAACP

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founded in 1909
civil rights organization
its mission is to ensure political/educational/social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination

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quelque soit la race

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regardless of race

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délit de faciès

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racial profiling

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malmener un suspect

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to manhandle a suspect

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les contrôles d’identité

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identity checks

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se sentir exclu

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to feel excluded, alienated

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une société à deux-vitesses

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a two-tier society

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subir une injustice

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to suffer a wrong