Engelsk heldagsprøve - Racial/ethnic discrimination

[-MK-]

Hei Har egentlig ingen konkrete spørsmål, men setter pris på alle linker, ideer, formuleringer og annet dere vet om emnet. Har heldagsprøve i morra og vil bare ha innspill og forslag på hva jeg burde ta med i en slik oppgave

 

Emnet er: Racial and/or ethnic discrimination

 

Takk

Endret 7. mai 2008 av -MK-

[_nicholas]

Skal ha denne imorgen, hva slags oppgaver fikk du? Hva burde jeg lese på etc?

[tharshan]

Hei! Eg har fått utlevert hefte idag og skal ha prøven i morgon. Har du tips om hvilken oppgåver eg kan forvente meg?

[-MK-]

Oppgave 1:

 

Vi fikk utlevert et sitat, angående rasisme, som vi skulle diskutere. Dette er en utrolig bred oppgave, så da kan du praktisk talt dra inn akkurat det du vil i teksten din.

 

Sitatet vi fikk: Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

 

Vi fikk lov til å ta med det vi ville av ark på forhånd, så jeg skrev like så godt en liten avhandling om rasisme på forhånd, om helt generelle ting.

 

Kan legge ut de to sidene jeg skrev,hvis det er interresse for det, litt senere i kveld, når jeg logger på den andre PC-en min.

Oppgave 2: Husker ikke denne helt nøyaktig, men tror oppgaven var at vi skulle skrive en dagbokside fra en som var blitt utsatt for rasisme.

 

Dette var da de to store skriveoppgavene.

 

Vi fikk også en litt mindre omfattende skriveoppgave. Da skulle vi enten tolke et dikt, eller diskutere et annet sitat. Husker ikke sitatet ordrett, men ca noe slik:

 

Without tools a man is nothing, with tools he is all.

 

Noe i den duren.

 

Håper det var litt til hjelp iallefall

 

Edit:

 

Klikk for å se/fjerne innholdet nedenfor

 

Racial and ethnic discrimination

 

Racism – Prejudice and discrimination based on race

 

According to the UN there is no difference between racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel

 

What is racial and ethnic discrimination? The UN states that there is no distinct between racial discrimination and ethnic discrimination. In my opinion, that definition is a bit too loose. Racial discrimination refers to the act of treating people different on the grounds of various sets of characteristics such as skin color, length, facial feature, eye color and gender. Ethnic discrimination on the other hand, refers to the act of treating people different on the basis of ancestry. However, one can argue that ethnic discrimination is a part of racial discrimination mainly because an ethnic group also can be defined by a common culture, language or religious view. Therefore, I’d say that ethnic discrimination is a form of racial discrimination. Both racial and ethnic discrimination is racism.

 

Racism in the United States of America has been a huge problem since the first European colonists settled here. The occupants of American land, the Native Americans, were the first ones to be discriminated against, in what was soon to become America. The European settlers made war on the Native Americans, or Indians, to obtain as much of the American territory as possible. These wars led to the death of tens of thousands Native Americans, and the ones who survived were banished to Indian reservations.

 

In the early 1600s the first slaves were brought to America. They were mainly African prisoners of war, who were sold to the Americans and the Europeans. The work they were intended to do, was working on the cotton and tobacco fields. This trend went on for many years. Not until the Civil Right Movements in the middle of the 1900th century were the racial discrimination banned by law in America.

 

Anti-Semitism is prejudice and discrimination against Jews, and has been a fact since early in the 1000th century. The most famous incident of hatred against Jews is probably Adolf Hitler’s regime in Germany, who planned and executed The Holocaust. This plan, which was referred to by the Nazi’s as “The final solution to the Jewish Question”, caused the death of over 6 million Jews during World War 2.

 

Apartheid was a system of legal segregation in South Africa, where the black people were inferior to the white people. All public services such as education and medical care were segregated, and the standard for the black services were lower than the whites. Apartheid even established Black reserves, which is similar to the Indian reserves, to separate blacks and whites from each other. In addition, the blacks got their right to vote limited to the Black Reserves. The system was abolished in 1994. Nevertheless, the Apartheid system still forms the South African society, even though it is banned. The country is still strongly colored by class distinctions. Blacks that live in poverty amounts to over 80%.

 

In Norway, discrimination on basis of gender has been on the agenda lately because there are more men than women in management positions. This statistic led to a new law called gender-quota. This law was composed to promote and encourage equality between genders. I think this approach to the problem is wrong. The law does give woman a better opportunity to get better jobs, but on what conditions does the woman get the job? Is it because the woman is qualified for the job, or is it because she is a woman? In some cases it is because the woman is qualified, but in other cases it is just because she is a woman. Does that approach to the problem solve it permanently, or does it fix the statistic which says women are under-represented? I think the latter answers the question.

 

I think the word “race” is a wrong word to use about human beings seeing that it has a negative effect on its surroundings. There are no races among humans. Therefore I think we should use more precise and better fitting words to describe different people. Very few know how to differ between potential races anyway. For example, if the difference is skin color, why can’t we use the word skin color instead of race? Or if the difference is gender, why can’t we say that instead?

 

Nevertheless, future science may prove that there actually are different races that are generally better qualified/equipped on certain areas than other races. If that happens, it is important that the population don’t live under the understanding that “all men are of equal value because all men are created equal”. That would entail an understanding that says we are not of the same value if a potential race is in fact better qualified on certain areas than other potential races.

 

In my opinion, the best way to deal with racism is through acceptance of distinctions among humans. Prejudice is the main issue here, because prejudice is one of the major causes to racism and discrimination. Regarding prejudice, ignorance is the factor that needs to be removed. One cannot make a good decision without relevant knowledge, and the only way to obtain knowledge is through education. When it comes to racial prejudice, it often involves lots of stereotyping. Everyone belonging to the same race is considered to be similar. The important thing is to look at the individual, not at the potential race or group he or she may or may not belong to.

 

To summarize I’d say racism is a liability to the society. Why? Throughout history racism has caused nothing but death and suffering. In the words of Abraham Joshua Heschel: “Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.”

 

Konklusjonen i denne teksten suger, skrev noe helt annen på den ordentlige prøven, men resten var jeg rimelig fornøyd med Burde holde til en 4 ++ håper jeg

Endret 15. mai 2008 av -MK-

[tharshan]

Seier ikkje nei takk til arket ditt

[-MK-]

Redigerte det inn nå.

[tharshan]

Tusen takk! Du har vore ei store hjelp! Danke!

[_nicholas]

Takker for hjelpen ;D Håper jeg får akkurat den samme oppgaven da

[-MK-]

Hehe^^ Du får oppdatere meg i morra da

[_nicholas]

Fikk dessverre ikke akkurat samme oppgave som du hadde :/, men var noe i samme duren. Takk uansett ;D

[tharshan]

Samma her. Fekk heller ikkje sam oppgåve men det likna. Brukte nokon av avsnitta dine også

[-MK-]

jaok

[Bo_91]

Hei.

Hadde denne oppgaven på tentamen og det vi fikk var følgene:

Oppgave 1:

Task A: velg riktig ord fra 4 alternativer. her er fasiten:

1. Were 2. Out 3. Week 4. Their 5. They're 6. Curiosity 7. Who 8. Possible 9. Ensure 10. In

Task B: Velg riktig svar til spørsmålene fra teksten i Task A. fasiten:

1. Four weeks old 2. A walker 3. Chicken 4. 12 Inches 5. They are active at night

Task C: Velg om en opplysning er sann, ikke sann eller om vi ikke får nok info. fasiten:

1. False 2. False 3. True 4. Not enough information

Task D: Forklar svarene dine i Task A

Oppgave 2:

Her skal du velge mellom 2 oppgaver som du skal skrive litt om:

Task A: Tolke et dikt om en gutt som får en hund men som ikke klarer å ta vare på den

Task B: Skriv en kommentar til utsagnet: "Man is a tool-using animal"

Oppgave 3:

Velg mellom 3 forskjellige oppgaver:

Task A: Skrive en artikkel til bladet "Catalyst" du leste om i forberedelsesperioden. Artikkelen skal angå utsagnet:

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught"

Task B: Også skrive en artikkel til "Catalyst", men nå om du mener en indisk IT konsulent det blir fortalt om

utsettes for rasisme fordi han ikke får jobb.

Task C: Skriv et nytt kapittel til en utlendings biografi og bruk kunnskaper om Storbritania (der han bor/bodde)

(du får en tekst her)

 

Håper dette hjelper!

Lykke til!

[-MK-]

Vi fikk tydeligvis helt lik prøve, bo_91 Hvordan gikk det for deg?

[tharshan]

Eg fekk den same også