Spreading Protest Demo Considering Discrimination July 22 16:13

Demonstrations protesting racism spread all over the world. In May this year, a swell that crossed races and generations was triggered by the death of a black policeman, Mr. Floyd, in the United States when he was pressed down by a white police officer. This time, we will consider this “discrimination”.

Challenge the problem!

This question is presented in the conversation between teachers and students talking about the Olympics.
"Teacher: In the Mexico City Games in 1968, pushing up high arm black players of the United States is that the black gloves on top of the podium, there was also complained of racial discrimination against the world,"
students against this,
"I wonder if was trying to appeal to the people of the world?"
"I guess was a protest multiplied by the player life"
has reacted with such.

Here is the problem after reading this communication.

Problem
“Choose one of the following a-e from the following figures in the speech of'I have a dream', who was fighting black discrimination in the United States after World War II and was assassinated at the end.”
A Mandela
Lee King
cormorant Gandhi
et Suu Kyi
(Kaisei junior high school 2018 renamed)

This person has also been introduced in this section before. Do you understand?
The answer is "Ki" from "I". However, according to the teachers of the study cram school, it is important not only to know the answer, but also to understand the background and think in relation to your current self. Let's think while looking back on the era of Rev. King.

The era when Rev. King lived

The time is 1963. A large-scale rally was held in Washington, the capital of the United States, which is said to have attracted 250,000 people from all over the United States. What people wanted was the elimination of racial discrimination against blacks. At that time, there was open discrimination in the United States that prohibited black people from sitting with white people in public places or restricted black people's right to vote.

A major trigger for the movement to eliminate discrimination was the arrest of a black woman. Rosa Parks. The reason she was arrested was that she refused to give up the bus seat to a white man. At a meeting in Washington, Rev. King said:

Rev. King
“I have a dream. My dream is to live in a country where my young children are valued by their personality, not their color.”

By the movement of Rev. King and others, "Civil Rights Law" which prohibits racial discrimination in public facilities was enacted in the United States. However, Rev. King was assassinated five years after his speech by a bullet shot by a white man.

Thoughts in the fist of black gloves

The Mexican Olympics in question were actually held in the year the Rev. King died. Two American athletes, who won the gold and bronze medals at the 200-meter track men, took a certain action on the podium. A black gloved fist at high altitude. It was a protest against the ongoing racial discrimination in the United States.

Do you notice discrimination

Ms. Segawa, who teaches society at a cram school, says that this problem may have the intention of asking us to think about the current social problems as a result of history.

Mr. Segawa: If
we just cut out the choice of Rev. King, this problem would not be so difficult. I think that knowledge probably exists. Whether it is just knowledge, or my own Is it something that can be understood in the form of current affairs that is happening now? Discrimination is not limited to racism, but also LGBT, gender discrimination, occupations and places to live. Because they're the same fellows as ourselves, we're going to draw a line and attack people on the outside. Instead, we know it intelligently, and it's not good. It is necessary to recognize that

Think from the perspective of the other person

Mr. Segawa taught me two keywords for thinking about "discrimination." One is "sympathy" = empathy. The other is "Empacy". It is the ability to think from the perspective of the other party. It may not be easy for Japanese children in different situations to sympathize with themselves for racism in the United States. So what is important is to say "emphasis".

Mr. Segawa:
"I can't empathize, so I don't refuse, but I think from the perspective of the other person. I think that "empathy" has the meaning to involve such intellectual actions. Perhaps it is necessary to seek a solution based on the understanding of the position that we have come up with.''

It is important not only to be a problem of "racism" but also to be aware of various "discriminations" around us, and to continue striving to understand others.

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