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2. Complete the following Generic Structure of “Global Warming A Could Overwhelm Storm Drains”
3. Based on the situation above, what is the cause of global warming? 4. What is the effect of global warming?
5. Find some difficult words from the “Global Warming A Could Overwhelm Storm Drains” article and then find the meaning in
English-Indonesian dictionary No.
Difficult Words Meaning
1.
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2. 3.
4. Explanation
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40 UNIT 8
Racism and Racial Violence
BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD
1. Read this following article carefully
Racism isnt going away
A survey of black opinion suggests prejudice has got worse, and solutions must come from within
Hugh Muir Wednesday July 11, 2007
The Guardian
A few years ago, when working for the Daily Telegraph, I travelled to Leeds on a story about a teenage computer geek who hacked into the Pentagon computer network. Knowing
that our subject once worked as a paperboy, a photographer and I wandered into a newsagents close to his home, hoping for some insights. None sprang forth, but we passed a
few amiable minutes with the owner, a smiling, ruddy-faced man, and then left.
Ten minutes later I was called by the news editor in London, who was laughing so much he could barely speak. Weve just had a call from a bloke who said these two guys came
into his shop claiming to be from the Daily Telegraph, but he said he knew they couldnt be because one of them was black and the other one was half-caste, he told me. He was
calling to warn us. We should, perhaps, have done other things but instead we returned to the shop, part amused, part irritated. By the way, I am black, I told the owner as we left
the shop. But you are wrong about him, I said, pointing to my colleague. Thats a suntan. Hes just spent two weeks in Spain.
These things rarely happen to me these days. Perhaps its a result of living in London. Maybe I have been fortunate. But new research on black attitudes to racism suggests that
for all the advances in race relations, many feel their lives are blighted by stereotyping and discrimination. Those questioned bemoaned their failure to be promoted at work and the
effects of institutional racism, with 80 citing inequalities in the criminal-justice system. Its pretty gloomy stuff. And for those of us who like to think that things took an upward
turn in the late 1980s, prompted by the Macpherson inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence and all the changes it wrought, it seems a bit of a wake-up call.
Even schemes born of good intentions, such as the governments Sure Start program, dont have much impact on us. This week an analysis concluded that the system is so
bureaucratic as to represent a substantial wasted opportunity for black and other ethnic- minority families. Some may have benefited, others not. But there has been no meaningful
evaluation, so no one knows.
And so the second thing to say is that as racism isnt going anywhere for the foreseeable future, we had better develop better coping strategies for dealing with it, as our parents
had to do in the 1950s. All the evidence is that those solutions are going to have to come from within: from the black-led organizations and voluntary groups; from the black
supplementary schools; from the heavily supported and wealthy black churches; from parents keeping their children in school - with or without the help of the authorities - and
keeping them off the streets.
The Rev Al Sharpton, the American civil rights leader, isnt to everyones taste, but he has a saying that seems appropriate. If a man knocks you down, he tells audiences, thats
on them. If you stay down, thats on you.
summarized from: www.mywire.com
hugh.muirguardian.co.uk PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Purpose
to persuade, analyze or explain by presenting arguments.
Text Structure Thesis
: stating the writer’s opinionposition Argument s : giving reasons
Reiteration : restatement of the thesis Significant Grammatical Features
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Use of emotive words, such as: alarmed, worried, etc.
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Use words that quality statement, such as: usually, probably, etc.
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Use arguments words, such as: however, on the other hand, therefore, etc.
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Use present tense.
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Use compound and complex sentences.
2. What is the article tell about? 3. Have you ever experienced a racial discrimination? How did you handle
that situation? 4. In group of 5, consider about this question:
What will you do to make a better situation without any discrimination?
5. Complete the following Generic Structure of “Racism isn’t going away” Title
Thesis
Arguments 1.
2. 3.
4. 5.
Reiteration
MODELLING OF THE TEXT
IT’S ALL ABOUT ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT
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1. Read this following article carefully
Anti-Muslim Racism?
by Daniel Pipes
New York Sun November 22, 2005
My talks at university campuses sometimes occasion protests featuring Leftists and Islamists who call me names. A favorite of theirs is racist. This year, for example, a
Stand up to Racism Rally anticipated my talk at the Rochester Institute of Technology, I was accused of racism against Muslim immigrants at Dartmouth College, and pamphlets at
the University of Toronto charged me with anti-Muslim racism.
Anti-Muslim racism? That oxymoron puzzled me. Islam being a religion with followers of every race and pigmentation, where might race enter the picture? Dictionaries agree
that racism concerns race, not religion:
American Heritage: The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice
based on race.
Merriam-Webster: A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular
race. Racial prejudice or discrimination.
Oxford: The belief that there are characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to each race. Discrimination against or antagonism towards other races.
Even the notorious United Nations anti-racism conference at Durban in 2001 implicitly used the same definition when it rejected any doctrine of racial superiority,
along with theories which attempt to determine the existence of so-called distinct human races.
Thus understood, the term racist cannot be ascribed to me, as I neither believe that race defines capabilities nor that certain races have greater capabilities than others.
Also, my writings and talks never touch on issues of race. Does that mean the word racist merely serves Leftists and Islamists as an all-purpose
pejorative, a magical insult that discredits without regard to accuracy? No, the evolution of this word is more complex than that. Racism is now increasingly used to mean
something far beyond its dictionary definition. Note the evolution: As belief in racial differences and racial superiority wanes in
polite society, some parties expand the meaning of racism to condemn political decisions such as worrying about too much immigration even of poor whites, preferring ones own
culture, fearing radical Islam, and implementing effective counterterrorist measures. This attempt to delegitimize political differences must be rejected. Racism refers
only to racial issues, not to views on immigration, culture, religion, ideology, law enforcement, or military strategy.
summarized from: http:www.globalissues.orgHumanRightsRacis
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2. Complete the following Generic Structure of “Anti-Muslim Racism” Title
Thesis
Arguments 1.
2. 3.
