angered/frustrated by 5years of
discrimination/racism in
France
black, from Cameroun, 5 years in
France
gets pushed in the streets and
people do not apologize when they see she is black
fears rejection by boys, not
wanting to go out with her as she is black/ never flirted with a boy
friends/other girls from class
tell their romantic adventure stories/ she has none to tell so she invents them as she does not want the truth about
her lack of success with boys
she apologizes for lying to them
up to now and says how she would like to be white/sorry for being forced to tell the full story
her parents realize her
emotional turmoil and try to make up for their helplessness by buying her a scooter/spoiling her
lots of friends in class/find
her attractive, cute even ask for fashion advice ready to see her in adds and nominate her for “Miss OK” but she lacks
confidence in herself
boys are nice to her and it
stops there/would never dance a “slow” with her
other parents refuse her for
sleep-vers/never invited in white family/her friends not allowed to sleep at her place.
all parents/adults on the
streets should learn from her case not to be racist
in love with a 17 y.o. boy who
is shyer than herself/correspond/ next time may kiss/this romance should help her to accept her skin color as he likes
her for what she is
the vicious circle of racial
grievance/the fear of rejection mingled with the social and emotional turmoil of hers/psychology of the fear of
rejection on racial grounds
TASK 2
someone who has no fixed address
and live on the streets
the vicious cycle of no home no
money no job no money no home
Jeanette as she started to have an organized life even though not the ideal
Jeanette small job
thanks to a charity organization/sleeps in a caravane/earns 2500F
Colette: no job/lives
from charity/beg/lives on the streets/horrible life style
Yvette:picks stuff from
rubbishbins/sometimes resells them if lucky/not enough for a normal life
open answer/ at teacher’s
discretion
even industrialized countries
are affected
raise social awareness/muster
support for the dejected/ make readers feel responsible for the social problems
Sample Answers
