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Last year's workshop.

 What was it about?

Slogans?
What do people shout?

'This Is America'  - Childish Gambino

Which subject was NOT in the video?

1. presidential elections
2. gun violence
3. racism
4. discrimination

How did it come to this?

                                             

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                           right to keep & bear arms

                                                                                        = recht om wapens te bezitten & te dragen

                                                                                                

                                                                     = you can use a weapon when you feel threatened

= je mag je wapen gebruiken als je je bedreigd voelt

                                                           Constitution & amendments

2nd Amendment:

Another law: 

'stand your ground' 

How did it come to this?

                                             

                                                                                                                            Abolition of Slavery (1865)

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

• Slavernij afgeschaft in 1865
• Maar: opsluiting kan wél nog als straf voor een misdaad -> die 'wet' is misbruikt

13th Amendment:

Indicate the statement that is TRUE

1. The 13th amendment was used against poor people
2. The 13th amendment was used against black people
3. The 13th amendment was used against young people
4. The 13th amendment was used against old people

A myth was created that black people are criminals. When?

1. Immediately after the abolition of slavery (= onmiddellijk na afschaffing slavernij)
2. When they wanted to fill the prisons they had built. (= toen ze de gevangenissen wilden vullen die ze gebouwd hadden)
3. over the last 50 years (= de laatste 50 jaar)
4. over the last 30 years (= de laatste 30 jaar)

Indicate the correct answer:

If you wanted to win the elections and become president, you had to:

1. ignore the problem of crime during the campaign
2. be soft on crime
3. be hard on crime

In the media, they talked about black people who committed a crime as:

1. animals
2. monsters
3. beasts
4. predators

Remember: 13th amendment?

1. 'Stand your ground' = you can carry a gun to defend yourself
2. Abolition of slavery = afschaffing slavernij

People in prison in the U.S.

Racism in South-Africa

church shooting

Combine:

Jim Crow: typetje dat een Amerikaanse slaaf voorstelde

'Black face': witte persoon maakt gezicht zwart 

Gwara gwara dance

obsession with consumption

Injustice (onrecht) & protest

This is a celly, this is a tool

The weapons in the video were wrapped in a red cloth.
The US has 2 political parties:
republicans (like Trump) and democrats (like Joe Biden)
- Which colour represents the republican Party?

1. red
2. blue

13 pupils worked hard around the themes we just saw

they performed on 

December, 9th 2023

Watch a part of the preparations:

White Privilege II

macklemore

... joined the procession of marchers

In my head like, "Is this awkward?                      Should I even be here marching?"

Thinking if they can't, how can I breathe?

...

Am I in the outside looking in,                             Or am I in the inside looking out?

... should I stand on the side and shut my mouth?

No justice, no peace, okay, I'm saying that         They're chanting out, Black Lives Matter,

But I don't say it back                                                 Is it okay for me to say?

I don't know, so I watch and stand

In front of a line of police that look the same as me

Only separated by a badge, ..  a can of Mace, a mask

There's blood in the streets

No justice no peace

No racist beliefs

No rest till we're free

...

Hands up? Don't shoot