RACISM
Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another and that a person's social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. |
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Quotes about racism
“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
Martin Luther King Jr. |
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. His efforts to end racism in the U.S.A led to the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
“What is it you most dislike?
Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.” Christopher Hitchens |
Christopher Hitchens was an English-born American author, journalist and literary critic. He was also a political observer, whose best-selling books made him a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. Hitchens was a polemicist and intellectual.
“Our true nationality is mankind.”
H.G. Wells |
H.G. Wells was born in England in 1866 . He was a prolific English writer, sympathising with pacifist views.
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Activities on racism
Click on the pictures to go to various activities
Cross - Poem by Langston Hughes Click here to listen to the poem.
My old man's a white old man
And my old mother's black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell, I'm sorry for that evil wish And now I wish her well My old man died in a fine big house. My ma died in a shack. I wonder where I'm going to die, Being neither white nor black? |
Vocabulary exercise on racism. Click on the picture to go to the game. |