American Blacks
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1. Summary
In the 1960s, the southern states were still very racist.
In the 17th century, black
people were captured in Africa and
sent to America as
slaves and, since that sinister period, they
have been considered as second-class citizens whose rights
were denied. The situation went on until the middle of the
20th century and laws against the
Blacks were enacted. Those segregationist laws
forbade the Blacks to vote, to attend the same schools as
the Whites or to sit in the front seats on a bus. Racism
was not only in people’s minds, it was part of the
American legal system. The Ku Klux
Klan is a xenophobic and violent secret
organisation that was founded in 1866 in order to prevent
the Black community becoming integrated into American
society. It emerged following the Civil War which abolished
slavery in America. We can compare it nowadays to the
skinheads whose extremist ideas look very much like those
of the KKK in America.
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Doc. A demonstration of the Ku Klux Klan |
2. Keywords
- second class citizen
- segregation
- slavery
- xenophobic
- Ku Klux Klan
- segregation
- slavery
- xenophobic
- Ku Klux Klan
3. Vocabulary
Second-class
citizens: citoyens de seconde
catégorie
Went on (to go on): a continué
Were enacted (to be enacted): furent promulguées
Backward: arriéré
Fountains: fontaines à eau
To take shape: prendre forme, prendre corps
Handcuffed and expelled from a place: menotté et expulsé d'un endroit
Unconstitutional: contraire à la constitution
A white hood: une cagoule blanche
Tortured, whipped, hanged, burnt: torturé, fouetté, pendu, brûlé
Stood up for something (to stand up): résisté pour quelque chose
Responsible for every evil in the US: responsable de chaque mal aux Etats-unis
To decrease: diminuer
Went on (to go on): a continué
Were enacted (to be enacted): furent promulguées
Backward: arriéré
Fountains: fontaines à eau
To take shape: prendre forme, prendre corps
Handcuffed and expelled from a place: menotté et expulsé d'un endroit
Unconstitutional: contraire à la constitution
A white hood: une cagoule blanche
Tortured, whipped, hanged, burnt: torturé, fouetté, pendu, brûlé
Stood up for something (to stand up): résisté pour quelque chose
Responsible for every evil in the US: responsable de chaque mal aux Etats-unis
To decrease: diminuer
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