1. RACISM

2. WHAT IS RACISM?
Racism involves the belief in racial differences, which acts as a justification for non-equal treatment (which some regard as "discrimination") of members of that race.

3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RACISM?
capitalism = economic system
- private ownership of the means of production,
-creation of goods or services for profit or income,
-accumulation of capital,
-competitive markets,
-voluntary exchange
Racism is a product of capitalism. It grew out of early capitalism’s use of slaves for the plantations of the New World, it was consolidated in order to justify western and white domination of the rest of the world and it flourishes today as a means of dividing the working class between white and Muslim or black, and native and immigrants or asylum seekers.
The first clear evidence of racism occurred at the end of the 16th century with the start of the slave trade from Africa to Britain and to America.

4. DO YOU KNOW SOME EXAMPLES OF RACISM?
School Finance:    Millions of African American and Latino young people in the United States don’t get an education equal to that of most whites, partly because the urban schools they go to don’t have as much money as the schools in the white suburbs.  This is because the country has decided that much of the money for schools should come from local property taxes. So in communities where the houses and businesses are less expensive, the schools don’t get enough money to provide a high quality education.  This is unfair.  This is institutional racism.  If we financed schools differently every student, regardless of his or her "race", could go to a high quality school that was the equal of the schools other students attend.
Wealth Created During Slavery:    From the 1600’s to 1863 slave labor by African Americans created a tremendous amount of wealth in the United States.  This wealth was all taken by white people.  When slavery was ended, the wealth that the former slaves had created was not shared with them.  The effects of this continue today because whites have been able to pass wealth down from generation to generation through inheritance. In addition, discrimination in jobs has continued to limit access to wealth for many people of color. So white people as a whole are still wealthier today than people of color because of the wealth whites took from the labor of slaves. 

5. MICHAEL JACKSON
"They Don't Care About Us"

6. MICHAEL JACKSON "They Don't Care About Us"
Tell me what has become of my life I have a wife and two children who love me I am the victim of police brutality, now I'm tired of bein' the victim of hate You're rapin' me off my pride Oh, for God's sake I look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy... Set me free Skin head, dead head Everybody gone bad Trepidation, speculation Everybody allegation In the suite, on the news Everybody dog food Black male, black mail Throw your brother in jail
Skin head, dead head Everybody gone bad Situation, aggravation Everybody allegation In the suite, on the news Everybody dog food Bang bang, shot dead Everybody's gone mad All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us
Beat me, hate me You can never break me Will me, thrill me You can never kill me Jew me, sue me Everybody do me Kick me, kike me Don't you black or white me All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us

7. MICHAEL JACKSON "They Don't Care About Us"
All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us Tell me what has become of my rights Am I invisible because you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now I'm tired of bein' the victim of shame They're throwing me in a class with a bad name I can't believe this is the land from which I came You know I really do hate to say it The government don't wanna see But if Roosevelt was livin' He wouldn't let this be, no, no

8. MICHAEL JACKSON "They Don't Care About Us"
Skin head, dead head Everybody gone bad Situation, speculation Everybody litigation Beat me, bash me You can never trash me Hit me, kick me You can never get me All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us Some things in life they just don't wanna see But if Martin Luther was livin' He wouldn't let this be, no, no

9. MICHAEL JACKSON "They Don't Care About Us"
Skin head, dead head Everybody gone bad Situation, segregation Everybody allegation In the suite, on the news Everybody dog food Kick me, strike me Don't you wrong or right me All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us All I wanna say is that They don't really care about All I wanna say is that they don't really care about All I wanna say is that They don't really care about us

10. VOCABULARY
- a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)
TO SUE
TO FULFILL
-The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, especially as a form of discrimination.
sue
sue
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
SPECULATION
ALLEGATION
- To bring to an end; complete
- Reasoning based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or supposition.
PROCLAMATION
- a formal public statement
SEGREGATION

11. Find conclusive information about FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT and
HOMEWORK
Find conclusive information about FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT and
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Write an argumentative essay starting from the following quote:
“Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.” Abraham J. Heschel