9 Ethnic and cultural diversity 45 d) Use the phrases below to make sentences in which you contradict the stereotypes (see task 1a on page 44). It is not conclusively proven … We cannot confidently predict … It is not well-documented … We cannot safely assume … There is considerable doubt … It is highly uncertain … It is controversial … It is debatable … It is on shaky foundations … It is an unjustified assumption … There are unfounded rumours … that if whether … because … . … as can be seen … . … which is shown by … . … which is exemplified by … . … which is illustrated by … . … for example … . … for instance … . Racial (in)equality Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another, or the belief that a person is inferior to others because of their skin colour, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations and legal codes. Contemporary scientists do not agree on whether race is a valid way to classify people. What may seem to be significant “racial” differences to some people like skin colour, hair or facial shape are not of much scientific significance. In fact, genetic differences within a so-called race may be greater than those between races. a) Look at the word spider showing various types of racism. Copy the correct labels next to the descriptions below. 2 institutional state (pseudo)scientific interminority self-righteous unintentional covert blatant racism 1. covert racism : behaving in a racist way towards others but not telling people openly 2. : apologising for racism that happened before and being racist in doing so 3. : practices of a nation that are grounded in racist ideology 4. : telling people of a certain community what issues they have to deal with 5. : use of (pseudo)scientific ideas and concepts to justify racist ideas 6. : as a rule, certain rights or benefits are denied to certain groups of people 7. : prejudiced thinking among and between minority groups 8. : telling people openly that due to their cultural background they are inferior Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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