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Before-watching activities

A. Comment on the picture above. What does it represent? What feelings does it
convey?
B. What do you know about the words below?

Rodney King Chino KKK Native Son Swastika Mein Kampf

C. Have a quick look at the paragraphs below and match them with the words in
the previous exercise.
D. Use the words in the box to complete the paragraphs

outlawed evils utter trial outlawed male-only guilty


inequality taboo such as hatred far-right

A novel by American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger
Thomas, an African American living in _________ poverty. It is a powerful statement
about racial ______________ and social injustices

Colloquial reference to California Institution for Men (CIM), a _______ state prison
located in the city of Chino, San Bernardino County, California. In turn, locals call the
prison "Chino Men's" or just "Men's" to _________ confusion with the city itself.
A book written by Nazi politician Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography
with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology. Hitler announces his ________ of what
he believed to be the world's twin ___________: Communism and Judaism.

An American best known for his involvement in a police brutality case on March 3,
1991. A bystander videotaped much of the incident from a distance. A portion of this
footage was aired around the world, causing public outrage. Four LAPD officers were
later tried in a state court for the beating but were acquitted, which sparked the 1992
Los Angeles riots. A later federal ___________ for civil rights violations ended with two
of the officers found ____________ and sent to prison and the other two officers
acquitted.

It stands for Ku Klux Klan, informally known as The Klan. It is the name of three past
and present ___________organizations in the United States, which have advocated
extremist reactionary currents __________white supremacy, white nationalism, and
anti-immigration, historically expressed through terrorism. Traditionally, their iconic
white costumes consisted of robes, masks, and conical hats, and were designed to be
terrifying. The second KKK introduced burning crosses.

Equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing (卐 ) form or its
mirrored left-facing (卍 ) form. The word swastika came from the Sanskrit and it means
“lucky object”. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates
back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. It
remains widely used in Eastern religions, specifically in Hinduism and Buddhism. It
became strongly associated with its usage by Nazi Germany, and since then it has
become a ___________in the Western world, even being _________ in Germany if
used as a symbol of Nazism.

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