Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

A black and white world Listen to a professor of linguistics talking about “political correctness”. Take notes about the meanings of the words in the grid. 29 1/17 Many black people feel it might help other people to see them more fairly if they could stop the use of the word “black” to mean something bad. The black British poet Benjamin Zephaniah wrote the following poem where he “politically corrects” the English language from the black point of view. It’s called “White Comedy”. Listen to it as you read. 30 1/18 blackmail black economy black sheep black magic Black Mass in someone’s black books blacklisted blackleg blackspot White Comedy I was whitemailed by a white witch, With white magic and white lies. Branded a white sheep, I slaved as a whitesmith Near a white spot, where I suffered white water fever. Whitelisted as a whiteleg, I was in the white book as a master of the white arts. It was like white death. People called me white Jack, Others called me white wog. So I joined a white watch, Trained as a white god, Lived off the white economy. I was caught and beaten by the white shirts And condemned to a white mass. Don’t worry – I’ll be writing to the Black House. Benjamin Zephaniah to brand: brandmarken, kennzeichnen wog: umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck mit oft herabwürdigender Bedeutung für Menschen mit dunkler Haut to live off sth./sb.: auf Kosten von etw./jmdm. leben to condemn: verbannen, verurteilen As you will have noticed, the poet systematically replaces “black” by “white” in a number of collocations and expressions. Use a dictionary and the Internet to find out what the original words/expressions containing “black” mean. 93 4 Extensive unit 4: Multicultural Britain Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv