Sijaintisi: WebQuest / WebQuest on Cultural Diversity


IV BECOME AN EXPERT ON RACISM OR RELIGION

Now you have watched one or maybe two films that deal with immigration and you also know many facts about the ethnic minorities living in Britain, and about immigration in general. On the fourth day of your quest, you decide to dig deeper into the the immigrant experiences. Thinking about the film(s) you watched, you realize that ethnic minorities and immigrants face quite a lot of problems. It has also occurred to you, that the person from your company who decides to take the job in Leicester will perhaps be dealing with similar kinds of issues when living and working in a multicultural environment, and so you want to learn how to explain and how to deal with such problems, since it was your mission to become your company's expert in multicultural matters.


Choose one of the following paths:

4 A) Racism / tolerance


In Bend it like Beckham, a girl from the opposing football team calls Jess "Paki", after which the girls break into a fight; and Jess' father tells how he wasn’t admitted into an English cricket team when he was younger and how others made fun of his turban. In East is East, Georger Khan does not want his son to marry a white British woman, and a little boy on the street cries out nicknames when he sees immigrants. Did you notice any other occurrences of racism in the film(s) that you watched? You chould choose this path if you noticed that some problems in the lives of the immigrants were caused by issues that have to do with 'race' and 'racism', and if you want to learn more about those issues and about the actions taken to promote tolerance at the work place and in people's everyday lives.

-> Go to step 4a

4 B) Religion

In East is East, religion plays an important role in the Khan family because the children are brought up between Catholic and Moslim traditions. At the beginning of the film, the children are seen carrying a crucifix and a statue of the Virgin Mary and child; yet the father would like his children to become devoted Moslims: he sends his sons to Irdu classes and has his youngest son circumcised. Did you notice any other problems caused by religion in the film(s) that you watched? You should choose this path especially if you watched the film East is East and noticed that some of the problems that the immigrants faced where caused by religion, if you want to learn more about Islam, about 'culture clash' caused by religion and about actions taken to fight against islamophobia or fundamentalism

-> Go to step 4b

 

 




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