Listening 2

You are going to see a BBC programme about problems of immigration and integration in
the Netherlands. This video was used as part of the exam in September 2003.
1. According to the Dutch comic, Eddy Zoey:

Moroccans are CRIMINALS

Russians are ALWAYS DRUNK

Yugoslavians are VERY AGGRESSIVE

People from Suriname are LAZY

the Dutch are OPEN-MINDED

2. Fons de Poel, the T,V. presenter, gives the clichéd view of Moroccans. Give 3 of the
possible descriptions:

a) THEY DON’T WORK

b) THEY ARE CRIMINALS

c) THEY DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF SOCIETY / THEY MAKE A LOT OF MESS

3. Why did the reaction to the murder of a white man by immigrants “send shock-
waves across the nation”?

THE PARENTS OF THE MURDERER SAID THAT THE ACT HAD BEEN THE WILL OF
ALLAH.

4. What are 2 of the problems of the Moroccan family mentioned by Fons de Poel ?

THEY DON’T SPEAK DUTCH, THEY ARE ISOLATED, THEY DON’T CONTROL THEIR
CHILDREN.

THEY WERE ALSO NEGLECTED – THE COMMUNITY IS THE MOST STIGMATISED

AND MISUNDERSTOOD.

5. Mamdouh Baridi is a “SECOND -GENERATION DUTCH Moroccan”.

6. What shouldn’t there be according to Mamdouh in Holland?

FEAR TOWARDS NEIGHBOURS.

7. The Dutch have a reputation for being :

a) TOLERANT

b) LIBERAL

c) NL IS A PLACE WHERE GAY PEOPLE CAN FEEL AT EASE

8. Fill in the missing information:

ONE THIRD of residents in Rotterdam are NON-WHITE

9. What 2 things was Pim Fortuyn, the right-wing politician, very open about?

a) BEING GAY

b) CRITICISED ISLAM

10. Who was he assassinated by?

A WHITE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST

11. Complete: Pim Fortuyn “permitted the UNSPEAKABLE to be SPOKEN”

12. According to Mamdouh, these changes are POSITIVE or NEGATIVE. (underline

the correct one ) and WHY?

PEOPLE ARE NOW SAYING THINGS THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD ONLY BEEN
THINKING.

13. Matt Herben of the “Pim Fortuyn Party,” states that the Dutch are despised because
they are:

a) DECADENT

b) WEAK ON MORAL ISSUES

14. The school shown was 95 % WHITE 7 years ago and 95 % NON-WHITE today.

15. Which ethnic group finds it hardest to cope?

MOROCCANS

16. What else must be taught apart from academic subjects?

HOW TO BEHAVE (MOROCCAN BOYS)

17. What do the Moroccans need according to the headmaster of the school?

MOROCCAN ADULTS NEED TO COME INTO SCHOOLS

18. Roger Van Boxtel says the Dutch have gained because THEY ARE MORE OPEN
ABOUT DIFFERENCES but lost because EVERYBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING and need
more time for INTEGRATION.

19. Complete the following

“The hope is the short-term pain [...] will lead in the long-term to A MORE
HARMONIOUS and MORE INTEGRATED society “

20. Write a summary of no more than 250 words about the question of immigration and
integration in the Netherlands using the information from the programme.
The Dutch reputation for being tolerant, liberal, etc. is being questioned – like
many other people they have clichéd views of their new neighbours.

The Moroccan community is the most stigmatised, most misunderstood.

Murder of the white guy and the murderer’s parents’ statement.

Difficulty of Moroccan boys in integrating into school.
Pym Fortuyn – how he changed the debate on immigration/integration.
Mamdouh’s view of integration into Dutch society.
Van Boxtel’s view of integration.
Expectations and hopes for the future.