Black Lives Matter/ Systemic Racism Explained

TASK 5
SYSTEMIC RACISM

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:


In the aftermath of George Floyd's death and the subsequent protests, the term systemic
racism has been constantly used. But what does this term refer to? Watch the explanation
video about Jamal & Kevin, two children with different opportunities and answer the
questions. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ&frags=pl%2Cwn



Questions:

1)  Describe the two boys’ situations with keywords around the following picture:

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2. 2)  Historically, what are the things someone would need to build wealth? Did Jamal’s
   grandparents have these 2 things? Why (not)?
   
   
   
   
3. 3)  Based on the definition of “redlining”, describe how it affected Jamal’s
   grandparents who wanted to buy a house.
   
   
   (redlining: refuse a loan or insurance to someone because he/she lives in an
   area deemed to be a poor financial risk.)
   
   
   
   
4. 4)  In a few sentences, how do you explain the vastly different circumstances that
   Jamal and Kevin have inherited?
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   5) What does a study about identical(=in terms of graduation)resumes show? What are the consequences of the results?
   
   6) In which areas can we observe evidence of systemic racism ?
   

7) What are the suggestions to solve this problem? 



8) Based on the explanation video, do you think systemic racism led to Mr Floyd’s
death? Why/ Why not?

Black lives matter

 TASK 1

1°https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08fn1qw/george-floyd-as-a-black-american-i-am-terrified-
As a Black american I feel terrified

"Thousands of people are continuing to protest against the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old man, who was unarmed, died in the US city of Minneapolis after a white police officer used his knee to pin him to the ground.
BBC Minute’s Nabihah Parkar has been speaking to young African-Americans in the city, who say they are scared for their safety." BBC News

Listen to the report and
a-sum up in English what happened/ Where / When / Who / What /Why /
b-Outcome : what happened at the time to white cops
c-What does " I can't breathe" refer 2 ? Has been used for after the event
d-Trump's reaction & the criticisms he had to face
e-The feelings of the 2 inhabitants of Minneapolis ( use adjectives)
f-Quote 2 other examples of police brutality ( Who ? Where ? When ? Why ?)
g-According to the persons interviewed " why does police brutality keep happening ?"

2°https://www.justsecurity.org/70507/white-supremacist-infiltration-of-us-police-forces-fact-checking-national-security-advisor-obrien/
h-Why such violence against the Black community according to this article ?

TASK 2: Describe and comment upon one of the documents above

Police Brutality: We are in a state of Emergency :Black people are dying...

TASK 3

Listen to the Minneapolis inhabitants'reactions after George Floyd's murder.

1°What message does activist Tamika Mallory address the nation  concerning African-Americans use of violence ?

2°Who does she blame for George Floyd’s murder ?

What does she reproach them for ?

3° How does she describe  young African-Americans’state of mind ? Feelings?

4°What solution does she advocate ?

5° How does she justify looting ?

6°Define the tone and general message she delivers

React : give your opinion about looting