Racism Flashcards

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Le racisme

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Racism

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Une société sans discrimination sociale

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A colour-blind society

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A des milliers de kilomètres de distance

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Thousands of miles apart

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La propagande

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Propaganda

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Répandre des théories racistes

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To spread racist theories

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Les préjugés raciaux

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Racial bias

Racial prejudice

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La couleur de peau

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Skin colour

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Être métis

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To be mixed-race

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The fourteenth amendment to the constitution

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1868
Provides a definition of citizenship that includes slaves and their descendants who until then had been denied constitutional rights

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La ségrégation

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Segregation

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L’apartheid

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Apartheid

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La déségrégation

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Desegregation

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Supprimer la ségrégation raciale dans les écoles

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To desegregate schools

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Apartheid

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1948-1994
System of racial segregation in South Africa.
Inhabitants were classified in four racial groups: black, white, coloured and Indian.

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Un esclave

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A slave

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L’esclavage

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Slavery

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Le commerce des esclaves

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The slave trade

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Abolir l’esclavage

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To abolish slavery

To do away with slavery

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Guerre de sécession

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The Civil war

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Toilettes

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Restrooms

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The Jim Crow laws

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1876
South of the US
“Separate but equal status” for black people
Imposed segregation in schools, public places, public transport, restrooms for black and white citizens

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22
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Étroit d’esprit

Borné

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Narrow-minded

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Propager la haine

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To propagate hatred

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L’incitation à la haine raciale

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Incitement to racial hatred

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Des propos racistes
Hate speech
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Une agression à caractère racial
A racist attack | A racially motivated attack
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Des insultes à caractère racial
Racial abuse | Racist abuse
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Les tensions raciales
Racial tensions
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Alimenter les tensions | Nourrir les tensions
To fuel tensions
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The civil rights movement
1950s in the south of the US | Non-violent protest movement aiming to put an end to racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
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Martin Lutherking I have a dream speech
The August 1963 March on Washington
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The civil rights act
1964
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Équipements
Facilities
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Juif
Jewish
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Un juif
A Jew
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L'antisémitisme
Anti-Semitism
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Profaner une tombe
To desecrate a grave
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Le négationniste
Revisionism
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Un négationniste
A revisionist
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Nier
To deny
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Un bouc émissaire
A scapegoat
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Les relations interraciales
Race relations
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La discrimination raciale
Racial discrimination The colour bar The color bar The color line
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Être victime d'une discrimination
To be discriminated against
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Nativism
The belief that the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation must be favored over the claims of newcomers or immigrants.
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Anciens combattants
Veterans
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Ku klux klan
1865 Founded by Tennessee veterans of the confederate Army Anti-Catholicism, anti-communism, pro-nativism, anti-Semitism
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Au lendemain
In the wake of
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How many members of the ku klux klan are there?
``` 4 million (mid 1920s) 30 000 (1930) ```
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Afro-américain
African-American | Afro-American
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Américain d'origine asiatique
Asian-American
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Une société multi-raciale
A multiracial society
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Un mariage mixte
A mixed marriage A mixed-race marriage An interracial marriage
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Un ghetto
A ghetto
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Une minorité ethnique
An ethnic minority
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Proscrire | Déclarer hors la loi
To outlaw | To ban
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Discrimination positive
Affirmative action
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1909 Civil rights organization in the US
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Influents
Influential
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Sans discrimination raciale
Colour-blind
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Quelle que soit la race
Regardless of race
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Délit de faciès
Racial profiling
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Driving while black
"Délit de faciès" | It refers to "driving while intoxicated" as if being black is a crime
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Conduite en état d'ébriété
Driving while intoxicated
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Les contrôles d'identité
Identity checks
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Se sentir exclu
To feel alienated | To feel excluded
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Une société a 2 vitesses
A two-tier society
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Des citoyens de seconde zone
Second-class citizens
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BNP
British National Party Racist ideology Won 2 sits in the European Parliament in 2009 but doesn't have any in the House of Commons
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Subir une injustice
To suffer a wrong
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Réparer une injustice
To right a wrong
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S'excuser auprès de quelqu'un
To apologize to somebody
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Militants
Activists
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Distribuer
To hand out