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white and Asian gangs exploded into three days of violence in July 2001. Young Asian men turned their rage on the police and ravaged the symbols of "white culture," like a BMW showroom and a club for white working-class men. Many of the older generation were shocked their sons were involved. But young men with Bradford rather than Punjabi accents were no longer operating by their fathers' rules. "They feel a distance from their own parents," says Martin Baines, a West Yorkshire police inspector who has worked on police-community relations for 25 years. "They've created a culture and identity all their own." 2 Rebuk The riots coincided with the publication of a report on ways to ease cross-cultural tensions. The report painted a grim portrait of a place where white flight had left behind an underclass of poor ethnic minorities and concluded that the nation was in danger of becoming a collection of separate communities leading parallel lives with their own places of worship, employment, schools, community organizations, languages and social networks. Bradford exemplified the perils of Britain's 20-year approach to integrating its immigrants. Responding to the open racism that greeted the first postwar wave from the old empire, Britain grudgingly decided to let the different identities of its minorities flourish. Yet for more than a decade 30 35 40 45 50 - and especially after the July attacks on London's transport system by alleged homegrown sukehrend suicide bombers-the government has grown increasingly uneasy with passive multiculturalism. Trevor Phillips, the black chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, recently fueled the debate when he charged Britain with "sleepwalking into segregation," with its emphasis on recognizing and respecting diverse cultures. But Britain rejects U.S.-style affirmative action in favor of something less drastic: having the government take a more active interest in ensuring all its diverse citizens share enough values and common experiences to keep the country together. That can entail small things like encouraging a more profound sense of British citizenship through tests of national knowledge. And it can involve fundamental changes in how the police, for example, interact with minority communities. In Bradford, Baines works for a department that now has 4.1% minority police officers, regularly consults with an ethnic-liaison committee, broadcasts a radio program to the Asian audience, and works with locals to head off trouble before it can build into rioting. The difference in community policing, he says, is that "We're on the ground, we can't run and hide." Yet the steps are incremental. Bradford today is still a poor, uneasy mix of integration and discrimination. Iftikhar Hussain, manager of a restaurant wrecked by white youths in revenge for the 2001 riots, has helped rebuild a business that attracts a booming white clientele. But he is convinced racism lies behind difficulties he's had with the local authorities. And he is angry that the schools his children attend are still almost completely Asian. He supplements their lessons with private tutors and the kids, aged 18, 16 and 14, want to go to university. "But I worry because they haven't een to school with any whites," says Hussain. "How are they going to handle things when they go to university with them or when they start a job?" [...] (701 words) From: Time, 2005 Annotations: 1. 20 1. 32 white flight affirmative action 1.38 ethnic-liaison committee the fact that white citizens have moved away from a certain area government program to support minorities and women committee that consists of representatives from different ethnic groups and that works towards interracial understanding 1 True or false? Give the appropriate quote. Adnan and his family are typical of the majority of Pakistani inhabitants in Bradford. line(s). 9-11 2 True or false? Give the appropriate quote. line(s) follow Male Pakistani adolescents are no longer willing to adhere to a traditional code of behavior. quote: "Khaddam's son Adhan. 15-16 line(s). quote: "But 3 The report mentioned in the text was meant to Xanalyze the threat of racial unrest in Britain. improve the standard of living in Bradford. 21-22 yung mer. raise the standard of education in cross-cultural communities. reduce the effects of urbanization in Bradford. of the ghetto." ky their father's rules. true quote: concluded that the... leading parallel lives, false true false X X 4 Trevor Phillips accused the country of "sleepwalking into segregation" (I. 30) because Britain has taken 20 years to integrate its immigrants. IX the government is doing nothing to integrate different cultures. the local authorities did nothing to prevent white flight. the police did nothing to prevent the London Transport attacks. line(s) 28 5 Complete the sentence in your own words. · quote: "the government has ... with possive multiculturalism." When Baines says "We're on the ground. We can't run and hide." (1.40) he means that the whole community has to begin to integrate all of the minority, so racism ext and antagonism towards other ethnic groups will no longer be an issue. 6 Tick the two solutions and give the appropriate quotes. Iftikar Hussain became a target of white retaliation. has experienced discrimination by his white clients. is afraid that his children won't be able to go to university. serves as a good example of successful ethnic-liaison efforts. X wants a more racially diverse environment for his children. line(s) line(s)...2.........quote: "Iftikhar Hussain 44-45 ・quote: " he is angry • manager by white youths "# almost completely asian." 3 5 7 Match the following headings to the appropriate paragraphs in the text. Only three are correct. a. analysis of parallel communities in Britain b. Asians with their own culture and their own identity C. Britain's ethnic diversity d. government report on white flight e. measures for the integration of ethnic minorities f. rejection of affirmative action g. rioting Write the correct letters in the three corresponding boxes. paragraph heading 2 II. 12-18 Part 2: Composition OR Choose one of the following tasks: 3 II. 19-23 Comment on the statement. d 5 II. 32-40 Comment on the statement. ev 1. "To speak a single language is to be destined to live in the cultural cage into which you are born." (Michael Hofmann, translator) 2 content: 9.5/10 language: S/15 2. 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