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1
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Le racisme

A

Racism

2
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Une société sans discrimination sociale

A

A colour-blind society

3
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A des milliers de kilomètres de distance

A

Thousands of miles apart

4
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La propagande

A

Propaganda

5
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Répandre des théories racistes

A

To spread racist theories

6
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Les préjugés raciaux

A

Racial bias

Racial prejudice

7
Q

La couleur de peau

A

Skin colour

8
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Être métis

A

To be mixed-race

9
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The fourteenth amendment to the constitution

A

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

10
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La ségrégation

A

Segregation

11
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L’apartheid

A

Apartheid

12
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La déségrégation

A

Desegregation

13
Q

Supprimer la ségrégation raciale dans les écoles

A

To desegregate schools

14
Q

Apartheid

A

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

15
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Un esclave

A

A slave

16
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L’esclavage

A

Slavery

17
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Le commerce des esclaves

A

The slave trade

18
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Abolir l’esclavage

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To abolish slavery

To do away with slavery

19
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Guerre de sécession

A

The Civil war

20
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Toilettes

A

Restrooms

21
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The Jim Crow laws

A

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

22
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Étroit d’esprit

Borné

A

Narrow-minded

23
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Propager la haine

A

To propagate hatred

24
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L’incitation à la haine raciale

A

Incitement to racial hatred

25
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Des propos racistes

A

Hate speech

26
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Une agression à caractère racial

A

A racist attack

A racially motivated attack

27
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Des insultes à caractère racial

A

Racial abuse

Racist abuse

28
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Les tensions raciales

A

Racial tensions

29
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Alimenter les tensions

Nourrir les tensions

A

To fuel tensions

30
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The civil rights movement

A

1950s in the south of the US

Non-violent protest movement aiming to put an end to racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

31
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Martin Lutherking I have a dream speech

A

The August 1963 March on Washington

32
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The civil rights act

A

1964

33
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Équipements

A

Facilities

34
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Juif

A

Jewish

35
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Un juif

A

A Jew

36
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L’antisémitisme

A

Anti-Semitism

37
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Profaner une tombe

A

To desecrate a grave

38
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Le négationniste

A

Revisionism

39
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Un négationniste

A

A revisionist

40
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Nier

A

To deny

41
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Un bouc émissaire

A

A scapegoat

42
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Les relations interraciales

A

Race relations

43
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La discrimination raciale

A

Racial discrimination
The colour bar
The color bar
The color line

44
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Être victime d’une discrimination

A

To be discriminated against

45
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Nativism

A

The belief that the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation must be favored over the claims of newcomers or immigrants.

46
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Anciens combattants

A

Veterans

47
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Ku klux klan

A

1865
Founded by Tennessee veterans of the confederate Army
Anti-Catholicism, anti-communism, pro-nativism, anti-Semitism

48
Q

Au lendemain

A

In the wake of

49
Q

How many members of the ku klux klan are there?

A
4 million (mid 1920s)
30 000 (1930)
50
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Afro-américain

A

African-American

Afro-American

51
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Américain d’origine asiatique

A

Asian-American

52
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Une société multi-raciale

A

A multiracial society

53
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Un mariage mixte

A

A mixed marriage
A mixed-race marriage
An interracial marriage

54
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Un ghetto

A

A ghetto

55
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Une minorité ethnique

A

An ethnic minority

56
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Proscrire

Déclarer hors la loi

A

To outlaw

To ban

57
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Discrimination positive

A

Affirmative action

58
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NAACP

A

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1909
Civil rights organization in the US

59
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Influents

A

Influential

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Sans discrimination raciale

A

Colour-blind

61
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Quelle que soit la race

A

Regardless of race

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Délit de faciès

A

Racial profiling

63
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Driving while black

A

“Délit de faciès”

It refers to “driving while intoxicated” as if being black is a crime

64
Q

Conduite en état d’ébriété

A

Driving while intoxicated

65
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Les contrôles d’identité

A

Identity checks

66
Q

Se sentir exclu

A

To feel alienated

To feel excluded

67
Q

Une société a 2 vitesses

A

A two-tier society

68
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Des citoyens de seconde zone

A

Second-class citizens

69
Q

BNP

A

British National Party
Racist ideology
Won 2 sits in the European Parliament in 2009 but doesn’t have any in the House of Commons

70
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Subir une injustice

A

To suffer a wrong

71
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Réparer une injustice

A

To right a wrong

72
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S’excuser auprès de quelqu’un

A

To apologize to somebody

73
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Militants

A

Activists

74
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Distribuer

A

To hand out