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SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Faire société » Partie 1 – synthèse en anglais (16 pts) Prenez connaissance du dossier proposé, composé des documents A, B, C et D non hiérarchisés et traitez en anglais le sujet suivant (500 mots environ) : Taking into account their
SUJET 1 Le sujet porte sur la thématique « Faire société » Partie 1 – synthèse en anglais (16 pts) Prenez connaissance du dossier proposé, composé des documents A, B, C et D non hiérarchisés et traitez en anglais le sujet suivant (500 mots environ) : Taking into account their specificities, say what these documents reveal about racial prejudice in the USA and its impact on black people. Partie 2 – traduction en français (4 pts) Traduisez en français le passage suivant du document B (l. 10-15) : One year, one of the few black students at my high school found a noose1 hanging in his locker one day. The culprit — a white student — was quickly discovered, and all he had to do to get out of trouble was issue a lame apology. […] I convinced my best friend to wear black armbands in school to protest. This act earned me no greater respect, and actually greater ridicule. Several of our teachers thought it was funny and even prompted our classmates to laugh at our expense. 1 un nœud coulant 23-LLCERANMCLR1 Page 2/10 Document A The narrator is a Nigerian woman living in the USA who writes a blog about her experience as a “Non-American Black”. In describing black women you admire, always use the word strong because that is what black women are supposed to be in America. If you are a woman, please do not speak your mind as you're used to doing in your country, because in America strong minded black women are SCARY. And if you're a man, be hyper-mellow, never get too 5 excited, or somebody will worry that you're about to pull a gun. […] If you're in an Ivy League1 college and a young Republican tells you that you got in only because of Affirmative Action,2 do not whip out your perfect grades from high school. Instead, gently point out that the biggest beneficiaries of Affirmative Action are white women. If you're telling a non black person about something racist that happened to you, make 10 sure you're not bitter. Don't complain, be forgiving, if possible, make it funny. Most of all, do not be angry. Black people are not supposed to be angry about racism, otherwise you get no sympathy. This applies only for white liberals, by the way, don't even bother telling a white conservative about anything racist that