In 1854 my great-grandfather, Morris Marable, was sold on an auction block in Georgia for $ 500. For his white slave master, the sale was just “business as usual. "But to Morris Marable and his heirs, slavery was a crime against our humanity. This pattern of human rights violations against enslaved African-Americans continued under racial segregation for nearly another century.
The fundamental problem of American democracy in the 21st century is the problem of "structural racism": the deep patterns of socio-economic inequality and accumulated disadvantage that are coded by race, and constantly justified in public speeches by both racist stereotypes and white indifference. Do Americans have the capacity and vision to remove these structural barriers that deny democratic rights and opportunities to millions of their fellow citizens
This country has previously witnessed two great struggles to achieve a truly multicultural democracy.
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A. crime against humanity
B. racial conflicts in Georgia
C. unfair business transaction
D. racial segregation in America
[听力原文]11-15
My grandfather used to have a beautiful gold pocket watch. He wore it on a fine gold chain across the front of his waistcoat, and when I was small he promised to leave it to me in his will.
"When I’ m gone," he said, "this is going to be yours."
Unfortunately that will never happen now. About three months ago, my grandfather came up to London to visit us. The first Sunday morning after he arrived, my youngest son said he wanted to go to the park.
"We’ll do better than that," said my grandfather, "we’ll go and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square." So off they went. They got home about teatime and my grandfather was looking very upset.
"My watch," he said, "it’ s gone. Someone must have stolen it while we were feeding the pigeons."
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