Racism Flashcards
Le racisme
Racism
Une société sans discrimination sociale
A colour-blind society
A des milliers de kilomètres de distance
Thousands of miles apart
La propagande
Propaganda
Répandre des théories racistes
To spread racist theories
Les préjugés raciaux
Racial bias
Racial prejudice
La couleur de peau
Skin colour
Être métis
To be mixed-race
The fourteenth amendment to the constitution
1868
Provides a definition of citizenship that includes slaves and their descendants who until then had been denied constitutional rights
La ségrégation
Segregation
L’apartheid
Apartheid
La déségrégation
Desegregation
Supprimer la ségrégation raciale dans les écoles
To desegregate schools
Apartheid
1948-1994
System of racial segregation in South Africa.
Inhabitants were classified in four racial groups: black, white, coloured and Indian.
Un esclave
A slave
L’esclavage
Slavery
Le commerce des esclaves
The slave trade
Abolir l’esclavage
To abolish slavery
To do away with slavery
Guerre de sécession
The Civil war
Toilettes
Restrooms
The Jim Crow laws
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
Étroit d’esprit
Borné
Narrow-minded
Propager la haine
To propagate hatred
L’incitation à la haine raciale
Incitement to racial hatred
Des propos racistes
Hate speech
Une agression à caractère racial
A racist attack
A racially motivated attack
Des insultes à caractère racial
Racial abuse
Racist abuse
Les tensions raciales
Racial tensions
Alimenter les tensions
Nourrir les tensions
To fuel tensions
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.
Martin Lutherking I have a dream speech
The August 1963 March on Washington
The civil rights act
1964
Équipements
Facilities
Juif
Jewish
Un juif
A Jew
L’antisémitisme
Anti-Semitism
Profaner une tombe
To desecrate a grave
Le négationniste
Revisionism
Un négationniste
A revisionist
Nier
To deny
Un bouc émissaire
A scapegoat
Les relations interraciales
Race relations
La discrimination raciale
Racial discrimination
The colour bar
The color bar
The color line
Être victime d’une discrimination
To be discriminated against
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.
Anciens combattants
Veterans
Ku klux klan
1865
Founded by Tennessee veterans of the confederate Army
Anti-Catholicism, anti-communism, pro-nativism, anti-Semitism
Au lendemain
In the wake of
How many members of the ku klux klan are there?
4 million (mid 1920s) 30 000 (1930)
Afro-américain
African-American
Afro-American
Américain d’origine asiatique
Asian-American
Une société multi-raciale
A multiracial society
Un mariage mixte
A mixed marriage
A mixed-race marriage
An interracial marriage
Un ghetto
A ghetto
Une minorité ethnique
An ethnic minority
Proscrire
Déclarer hors la loi
To outlaw
To ban
Discrimination positive
Affirmative action
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1909
Civil rights organization in the US
Influents
Influential
Sans discrimination raciale
Colour-blind
Quelle que soit la race
Regardless of race
Délit de faciès
Racial profiling
Driving while black
“Délit de faciès”
It refers to “driving while intoxicated” as if being black is a crime
Conduite en état d’ébriété
Driving while intoxicated
Les contrôles d’identité
Identity checks
Se sentir exclu
To feel alienated
To feel excluded
Une société a 2 vitesses
A two-tier society
Des citoyens de seconde zone
Second-class citizens
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
Subir une injustice
To suffer a wrong
Réparer une injustice
To right a wrong
S’excuser auprès de quelqu’un
To apologize to somebody
Militants
Activists
Distribuer
To hand out
