Racism- a colour-blind society

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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/prjudice

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être métis

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to be mixed-race

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Quel amendement de la Constitution américaine fut un argument de la lutte des années 60/70 ?

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The fourteenth amendment of the US Constitution (1868)

Provides a broad definition of citizenship including slaves and their descendants

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démanteler

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to dismantle

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ségrégation

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segrergation

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déségrégation

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desegregation

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supprimer la segregation raciale dans les écoles

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to desegregate school

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Que signifie Apartheid ?

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Apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans = system of racial segregation implanted in S.A (1948-1994)

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abolir l’escavage

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to do away with/ to abolish slavery

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le commerce des esclaves

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slave trade

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What were the segregation law in the US ?

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The Jim Crow laws were adopted in 1876 in the South of the US claiming to defend a “separate but equal” status for black people

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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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incitation à la haine raciale

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incitement to racial hatred

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des propos racistes

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hate speech

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agression à caractère racial

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racist attack/ racially motivated attack

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tensions raciales

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racial tensions

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alimenter des tensions

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to fuel tensions

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About the Civil Right movement ?

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Started in 1950’s –> 1970’s
A non-violent protest movement aiming to put an end to segregation and discriminations against African Americans (Civil disobedience/ boycotts/ sits-in and protest marches)
March 1963: “I have a dream”Martin Luther King
1964: Civil Rights Act Outlaws racial segregation invalidating Jim Crow laws
Malcom X, Rosa Parks

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un juif

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a Jew

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l’anti-sémitisme

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anti-Semitism

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profaner une tombe

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to desecrate a grave

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le négationisme

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revisionism

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nier

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to deny

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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les relations interaciales

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race relations

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discrimination raciale

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racial discrimination/ the colour bar

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être victime d'une discrimination

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to be discriminated against

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What is White Supremacy ?

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It's the belief that white people are superior to other and leads anti-black and anti-semitism

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What is Nativism ?

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It's the belief that interest of certain interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation must be favored over the claims of newcomers or immigrants who are considered hostile or alien to native culture.

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What is KKK ?

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Ku Klux Klan (founded in 1865) by Tennessee veterans of the Confederate army. Its purpose is to restore white supremacy in the wake of the American Civil War. It preached racism/ anti-Catholicism/ anti-Communism/ anti-Semitism. 4 million in the mid 1920's--> 30.000 since 1930

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Afro-américain

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Afro-American/ African-American

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une société multiculturelle/ multiraciale

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a multicultural/ multiracial society

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mariage mixte

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a mixed marriage

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un ghetto

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a ghetto

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une minorité ethnique

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an ethnic minority

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proscrire/ déclarer hors la loi

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to outlaw

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discrimination positive

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``` positive discrimination affirmative action (US) ```

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What is the NAACP ?

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909): one of the most influential civil rights organizations in the USA. They want to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons to eliminate racial hatred and discrimination.

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sans discrimination racial

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colour-blind

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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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What does Driving while black means ?

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An other way of referring to what the French call "délit de faciès" it's an allusion to "driving while intoxicated" --> implies that being black is a crime

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contrôle d'identité

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identity check

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se sentir exclu

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to fell alienated/ excluded

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une société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

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des citoyens de seconde zone

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second-class citizens

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What is the British National Party ?

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A far-right political party in the UK which won two seats in the European Parliament in June 2009. It has an openly racist ideology an actively opposes non-white immigration to Britain. They perceive Islam as the main Threat to GB.

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subir un préjudice

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to suffer a wrong

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réparer une injustice

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to right a wrong

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s'excuser auprès de quelqu'un

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to apologize to sb

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s'emparer

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to seize

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banlieu

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suburb

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faire les gros titres

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to hit the headlines

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émeutes

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riots

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témoignages contradictoires

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contradictory testimonies

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émettre/ faire paraître

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to realease

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une tribune/ un éditorial

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a biased article | an opinion column

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apaiser

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to quell

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s'occuper de/ manipuler

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to handle

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un témoin visuel

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an eye witness

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se rendre

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to surrender

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être blindé

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to be bulletproof

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faire une gaffe

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to make a blunder | to blunder

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être critique à l'égard de

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to be critical of

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clamer des slogans

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to chant slogans

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soumettre

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to submit

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entacher la réputation de quelqu'un

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to stain/ to tarnish one's name

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Afficher/ faire preuve de

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to display

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saccager

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to ransack

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faire quelque chose en représaille

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to do stg in retaliation for stg

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exercer des représailles

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to retaliate

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se faire justice soit-même

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to take the law into your hands

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campagne diffamatoire

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smear campaign

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dissimuler/ retenir

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to withhold

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être sensible aux problèmes de type racial

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to be sensitive to racial issues

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avoir des préjugés envers qlq

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to be prejudiced/ biased against sb

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étouffer une affaire

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to cover up/ hush up an affair

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jurer/ promettre

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to vow to swear/ to promise to pledge

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ignorant

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clueless

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fermer les yeux sur quelque chose

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to turn a blind eye to stg

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Prendre des mesures

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to take mesures/actions

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Une atteinte à la liberté d'expression

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an infringement of freedom of speech

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Accuser quelqu'un de crime

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to indict/ charge sby with a crime | to accuse sby of a cime

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trouver un compromis

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to reach a compromise

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Headquarter

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quartier général

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fournir qlqc à qlqn

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to supply/provide sby with stg