UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA Y TECNOLOGICA DE COLOMBIA

INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

ENGLIHS 3
WEEK 4- DUE DATE: AUGUST 1
RACISM

1.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PICTURE?

I think that the image wants to express something that is totally true,
sometimes the discrimination is so great that it seems like a pandemic, and it
is very good to protest against this, since in no case should we discriminate.
2.HOW DO YOU DEFINE RACISM?

When we talk about racism we are talking about a type of discrimination,

that which occurs when a person or group of people feels hatred towards
others for having different characteristics or qualities, such as skin color,
language or place of birth. One of these cases It can appear in fear of what is
different or of people who come from other countries, due to ignorance or
lack of information about it.
3.WRITE 50 WORDS WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT A RACISM CASE?
A girl applied for a weekend job at a large clothing store. The store said it was
not hiring employees for weekends. However, a few weeks later, the girl
realized that one of her friends from her school, who is white, works in the
store. Her friend tells him that she was hired a few days ago to help out on
the weekends. At that moment the girl realized that she was discriminated
against
4.RACISM: What forms of racism exist in the world?

 Aversive racism. It is a subtle type of racism because it is

generally employed by people who are openly against racism
and racist behavior.
 Ethnocentric racism. This type of racism is based on the cultural
superiority of the group itself, which is why it assumes that other
different groups pose a cultural threat.
 Symbolic racism. Symbolic racism advocates the right to be
equal, but with nuances: the right to be equal exists, but for
specific areas or certain situations.
 Biological racism. It is the least tolerant type of racism. He
understands that one race is biologically superior to the others,
that they threaten to degenerate the race that is considered main.
How can we reduce this?

We can combat racism by raising awareness, challenging daily

discrimination and racism, denouncing all kinds of content.
Complete the table

  Forms of Racism How We Reduce It

Education  In education, racism can be presented  It can be reduced by campaigning against
by discriminating against students this, denouncing if we see any of these
according to what they know, when cases so that education is provided to all
they do not provide the same people equally.
education to all students, among
others.
Government  In the government, racism can occur  This can be reduced by paying more
when higher-ranking workers attention to government paperwork and
discriminate against lower-ranking not accepting any kind of discrimination
workers for being inferior to them or even if they are more important than
when the government does not help a someone else.
specific type of person for some
physical or economic reason.
 Police  There are several types of  It can be reduced by enforcing each of our
discrimination when the police abuse rights and that regardless of whether the
their power for having authority over police have authority they cannot abuse it.
people or when between police
officers they discriminate against each
other because of rank.
Courts  Discrimination cases are presented in  One way to reduce it is to carry out a
the courts also when they are not discrimination campaign and be aware of
honest, or in some they prefer to the processes they carry out, in order to
support x or y person depending on avoid discrimination.
the economic position they have.
Jobs    
The streets    

5.PROTESTS: Rank these. Put the best ways to protest at the top. Then, select one, put
an image and explain it.

 Street marches
 Petitions
 Writing to politicians
 Websites and blogs
 Sit-ins
 Labour strikes
 Boycotts
 Vigils

6.SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms protests

1. held a) abused
2. justice b) next to
3. alongside c) everyone
4. support d) clutched
5. ill-treated e) behaved toward
6. time f) conversation
7. all g) demonstrations
8. dialogue h) backing
9. treated i) the moment
j) fairness
7.Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

human
joined
life
avoiding
equally
treated
support
dialogue

Protestors told journalists why they (1) ____________ the Black Lives Matter marches. A
primary school teacher in London said: "I have come down in (2) ____________ of black
people who have been ill-(3) ____________ for many, many, many, many, years. It is time
for change." An IT specialist said: "We are all (4) ____________ beings. There should be
fairness for all of us." She added that Black Lives Matter doesn't mean anyone else's (5)
____________ doesn't. A 21-year-old Londoner stressed the need for (6) ____________.
He said: "There are a lot of uncomfortable conversations that people have been (7)
____________...but, they're conversations that need to be had if...we want to finally create
a kind of society where black bodies are treated (8) ____________."

8. LOOK AT THE PICTURE. WRITE THE STORY OF GEORGE FLOYD. USE PAST
SIMPLE (300 WORDS)