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    The document discusses the history of racism in the United States and how it can be addressed within a democracy. It notes that slavery was practiced from the 16th century through the American colonies and independence, though slaves were nominally freed, their conditions did not meaningfully change. Over time, black communities faced deep poverty. The document argues that "racism is the greatest threat to democracy" as it prevents tolerance and connection between people. It suggests that to overcome racism within a democracy, discrimination must end and all people must be treated equally regardless of attributes like race, origin, or skin color.

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    The document discusses the history of racism in the United States and how it can be addressed within a democracy. It notes that slavery was practiced from the 16th century through the American colonies and independence, though slaves were nominally freed, their conditions did not meaningfully change. Over time, black communities faced deep poverty. The document argues that "racism is the greatest threat to democracy" as it prevents tolerance and connection between people. It suggests that to overcome racism within a democracy, discrimination must end and all people must be treated equally regardless of attributes like race, origin, or skin color.

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    Part 1

    Task 1B

    1) Give examples of words and expressions in Text A that tell you something about the reporter’s
    attitude to Willy and his supporters.

    - In the newspaper report we find words that gives us a closer look at the reporter’s attitude, such
    as the words “disgraced” or “desperately”. The reporter calmly and factually reported the news. In
    text B we can see that one of the fans got very angry and we can feel that through the text.

    2) Give examples of words and expressions in Text B that tell you it is spoken, rather than written
    English.
    - By the way they wrote it down, it’s easy to notice that it was spoken

    3) Write a more neutral or objective version of what seems to have happened.

    A very interesting relationship between the journalists, photographers and the millionaire Willy
    Wilder. it is well known that the millionaire has always had a good relationship with the journalists,
    photographers who have respected the privacy of the millionaire so far. Unfortunately Willy Wilder
    has always provided interesting news, such as the present case shows. Coincidentally, the
    journalists were wounded while they were trying to shed light on what really happened. Probably
    the aggressive crowd is no longer as tolerant as they were to the millionaire such as the journalists
    and photographers are.

    Part 2

    2D)
    The USA has a long history with problems related to racism. In recent times a noticeable rise in
    tension between groups in America has been seen both in relation to police brutality and the
    Presidential election in 2020.
    Write a text where you explore the reasons for why racism occurs, and the consequences it has for
    both a society and individuals. How can racism be dealt with within a democracy?
    Give your text a suitable title.

    The law is written in black and white

    “It is not enough not to be racist. You have to be anti-racist!” - said Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
    Seeing what is happening overseas, Europeans are amazed and find it difficult to understand why
    things have deteriorated the way they are now. USA has a long story related to racism.
    On May. 25th George Floyd was killed by the police in front of cameras, he was killed in a cruel
    way because of an allegedly counterfeit 20 dollar. The case, which can in no way be called isolated,
    has provoked a huge wave of protests in the country and even worldwide and in some respects it
    has been resounding success. Never before in such a short time has the American public turned so
    much on any issue in racism and black equality. The proportion of those who sympathize with
    Black Lives Matter has risen from 64 percent to 92 percent among white Democrats and from 20
    percent to 37 percent among white Republicans in four years, like we can see from Pew’s data.
    Over the past decade, American public opinion has been on a number of issues, such as gay
    marriage or cannabis, but these have been much slower, gradual trends, with only opinions
    changing in proportion to population change.

    The U.S. past is notoriously pretty dark in this perspective. Let’s take a look at the historical
    process that has put the African American population in its current position and will affect on the
    next generations. From the 16th century, slavery was still practiced in the USA and is now called
    “modern-day slavery”. Many slaves from Africa has been sent further in the 13 colonies, New York,
    new Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
    North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The 13 American colonies got
    independence after the US war of Independence. The liberation of the slaves was a huge step
    however, the situation of the liberated has changed virtually nothing. They had nothing, there was
    nowhere to go so most of them continued to work for their former owners in the same way, under
    the same conditions. Very few managed to “break out”, gain wealth, become successful people,
    especially in a world where there were no more slaves, but not many people considered them
    human. For a very long time, black communities typically lived in a deep poverty.

    “Racism is the greatest threat to democracy”, this quote describes that there is no tolerance for
    example, no connections between people. It is time to make America a place where all people are
    equal, does not matter what race they are, where they come from or skin color. “Racism does not
    want dialogue, diversity and peaceful coexistence, but only hatred of others and dominance over
    others”, it fills people with “horror, anger, mourning and incompetence. Democracy is system
    where everyone is equal. “How can racism be dealt with within in democracy?” - there are several
    answers to this question but stopping racism is like having world peace. The way as it goes back in
    the history, it has never been something we could completely stop. There were plenty of
    “demonstrations” in the streets, even under a pandemic. People started to act up which is a very
    good thing.

    As for the conclusion, I have analyzed the U.S. history and got to know a little more, also that
    racism has been in America for a long time now. The history is very long and there are many
    important people who did make a change, never gave up and worked for their goals. Democracy-
    racism and world peace is still a big question for the future

    Sources I used:

    George Floyd: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody - The New York Times
    (nytimes.com) (30.04.2021)
    Pew’s data: Majorities Across Racial, Ethnic Groups Express Support for the Black Lives Matter
    Movement | Pew Research Center (30.04.2021)
    Quote from Frank-Walter Steinmeier: Német államfő: Nem elég nem rasszistának lenni,
    antirasszistának kell lenni! - PestiSrácok (pestisracok.hu) (30.04.2021)
    Racism and democracy: Racism is the greatest threat to democracy today - The Fulcrum
    (30.04.2021) Racism is the greatest threat to democracy today - UPI.com (30.04.2021)
    US and racism: History of racism in the US: Here's all you need to know (jagranjosh.com)
    (30.04.2021)

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