Bac / expression orale : Places and forms of powers / correction

[NoctisX55]

Bonjour,

je souhaiterais que quelqu'un puisse corriger mon texte, s'il vous plaît. Je remercie d'avance ceux ou celles qui m'aideront! Néanmoins je tiens à préciser que l'ensemble des expressions orales que je vais postés seront sur les noirs vu qu'on a surtout étudié des documents portant sur leurs situation avant et après le CRM. Mais également afin de pouvoir me concentre sur un seul thème et ainsi avoir la meilleur note possible. De ce fait il y aura énormément de copier-coller de d'autres expressions orales, je signalerai ces dernières en les écrivant en vert.

 

I am going talk about places and forms of powers. First of all I would like to give a definition of this notion: in politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together members of a community accept rules and laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always counter-powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it. In order to illustrate this notion I have chosen 3 documents that show an improvement of the blacks' situation thanks to the Civil Rights activists.

How have the Civil Rights activists used nonviolent protest to bring about change in the USA?

 

The firs document is an autobiographical work by Sidney Poitier. It is about the segregation of the blacks. Poitier tells us that one of his first assignments as a delevery boy was to deliver a package to a wealthy white family. But when he went to deliver the package, he was told to "get around to the back door where" he "belonged". Nevertheless he didn't understand why he had to go to the back door, and when he held out the package, he was shut the door in his face. Moreover when he came home, he saw his family terrified because of the Ku-Klux-Klan that had been there looking for him.Through this information the author wants to show us the segreagation and the violence underwent by the Blacks.

The second document is a collection of various articles. This collection is about the situation of Blacks before and during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1896, when the "Jim Crow Laws" were legalized, the Blacks were segregated. They didn't have the right to use the same bathrooms, buses, restaurants … in other words the same public accommodations as the Whites. Worse they couldn't freely use the right to vote, to win protection against intimidation and violence. Moreover the members of some organizations, like the Ku-Klux-Klan, organized lynchings against them. They believed in the innate inferiority of the black race. However in the 60s, ordinary citizens campaigned for equal rights and ultimately succeeded in ending legal segregation. It was the Civil Rights Movement “led” by Martin Luther King. Its strategies were based on nonviolent actions like boycotts, marches and sit-ins. Even when Martin Luther King accepts the nobel in 1964, he refers to the dramatic events that took place in 1963 in Birminghan. He explains that the Civil Rights Movement deserves to be rewarded because of the way it struggles against violence and injustice. Through this information the author wants to show us that if people work together they can change the world for the best.

Finally the third document, I have chosen is a report from the U.S Census Bureau entitled The African American Middle Class. It deals with the evolution of the Blacks' situation and particularly with their growths. Indeed, it indicates that since the 60s, after the Civil Rights Movement, the black middle class has grown tremendously. And African Americans have moved into more white collar jobs. So they are more educated than ever before and their community Is not so much connected to lower income. Moreover by the 90s, middle class Black American communities had become well established. Communities such as South Dekalb and Baldwin Hills sprung up across the country and are still growing today. Through this information the author wants to show us the social and economic improvement of the Blacks thanks to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.

 

Finally these documents make us realize that Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights activists contributed to an improvement in rights for Black people in the USA by using nonviolent protest. A lot of progress has been made since they stood up for the rights of black Americans, there is no more segregation and even the American President is black. Thus,we can say that the Civil Rights activists changed the USA by using non violent protests. When whites were thought to be superior to all other races and segregated the Blacks, they stood up for the blacks' community and decided to change the world. Nevertheless these documents could also be linked with the notion of idea of progress since they show an improvement of the world.

 

Petite erreur que j'ai remarquée :

The first

 

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

je souhaiterais que quelqu'un puisse corriger mon texte, s'il vous plaît. Je remercie d'avance ceux ou celles qui m'aideront! Néanmoins je tiens à préciser que l'ensemble des expressions orales que je vais postéser  seront sur les noirs vu qu'on a surtout étudié des documents portant sur leurs situation avant et après le CRM. Mais également afin de pouvoir me concentrer sur un seul thème et ainsi avoir la meilleure note possible. De ce fait il y aura énormément de copier-coller de d'autres expressions orales, je signalerai ces dernières en les écrivant en vert.

 

I am going to talk about places and forms of powers. First of all I would like to give a definition of this notion: in politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together, members of a community accept rules and laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always counter-powers opposing forces / powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it. In order to illustrate this notion I have chosen 3 documents that show an improvement of the blacks' situation thanks to the Civil Rights activists.

How have the Civil Rights activists used nonviolent protest to bring about change in the USA?

 

The firs document is an autobiographical work by Sidney Poitier. It is about the segregation of the blacks. Poitier tells us that one of his first assignments as a delivery boy was to deliver a package to a wealthy white family. But when he went to deliver the package, he was told to "get around to the back door where" he "belonged". Nevertheless he didn't understand why he had to go to the back door, and when he held out the package, he was shut the door in his face. Moreover when he came home, he saw his family terrified because of the Ku-Klux-Klan that had been there looking for him.Through this information the author wants to show us the segreagation and the violence underwent by the Blacks.

The second document is a collection of various articles. This collection is about the situation of Blacks before and during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1896, when the "Jim Crow Laws" were legalized, the Blacks were segregated. They didn't have the right to use the same bathrooms, buses, restaurants … in other words the same public accommodations as the Whites. Worse they couldn't freely use the right to vote, to win protection against intimidation and violence. Moreover the members of some organizations, like the Ku-Klux-Klan, organized lynchings against them. They believed in the innate inferiority of the black race. However in the 60s, ordinary citizens campaigned for equal rights and ultimately succeeded in ending legal segregation. It was the Civil Rights Movement “led” by Martin Luther King. Its strategies were based on nonviolent actions like boycotts, marches and sit-ins. Even when Martin Luther King accepts the nobel in 1964, he refers to the dramatic events that took place in 1963 in Birminghan. He explains that the Civil Rights Movement deserves to be rewarded because of the way it struggles against violence and injustice. Through this information the author wants to show us that if people work together they can change the world for the best.

Finally the third document, I have chosen is a report from the U.S Census Bureau entitled The African American Middle Class. It deals with the evolution of the Blacks' situation and particularly with their growths. Indeed, it indicates that since the 60s, after the Civil Rights Movement, the black middle class has grown tremendously. And African Americans have moved into more white collar jobs. So they are more educated than ever before and their community is not so much connected to lower income. Moreover by the 90s, middle class Black American communities had become well established. Communities such as South Dekalb and Baldwin Hills sprung up across the country and are still growing today. Through this information the author wants to show us the social and economic improvement of the Blacks thanks to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.

 

Finally these documents make us realize that Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights activists contributed to an improvement in rights for black people in the USA by using nonviolent protest. A lot of progress has been made since they stood up for the rights of black Americans, there is no more segregation and even the American President is black. Thus,we can say that the Civil Rights activists changed the USA by using non violent protests. When whites were thought to be superior to all other races and segregated the Blacks, they stood up for the blacks' community and decided to change the world. Nevertheless these documents could also be linked with the notion of idea of progress since they show an improvement of the world.

 

Petite erreur que j'ai remarquée :

The first

NB Aucun de mes dictionnaires ne connaît "counter-powers" pour rendre contre-pouvoirs. Opposing forces me paraît convenable.

[NoctisX55]

Bonjour,

ben, une nouvelle fois, je ne sais quoi dire si ce n'est merci pour votre aide monumentale!

Sur ce je vous souhaite une bonne journée!

P.S: Sinon je vous remercie également pour m'avoir appris le mot anglais pour dire contre-pouvoirs, ça me sera énormément utile. ^^