Research (01/07)

I.
1. Ghetto: Urban area associated with an especific ethnic or racial population, especially for legal, social or economic pressure.

2. Nigger: Offensive way to reffer a black person.

3. Discrimination: Excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to other groups.

4. Segregation: Separation of ethnic or religious groups from the other people.

5. Ebonics: Term that was originally intended to reffer to the language of the descendants of black african slaves.

6. Immigration: Introduction to people to a new country, that can be legal or illegal.

7. Integration: Movement of minority groups such as ethnic minorities, refugees and underprivileged sections of a society into the mainstream of societies, with full access to the opportunities, rights and services available to the members of the mainstream.

8. Opportunity: Having the possibility of doing something.

9. Empower: Increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities.

10. Take over: Having the responsability or control over something.

11. Overcome: Getting better of a difficulty.

II.
1. I haven't been in a ghetto before.

2. Saying nigger to a black person is offensive.

3. Most of the people think that the discrimination is bad.

4. Black people are not segregated anymore.

5. I don't know any person that speaks ebonics.

6. There is lot of immigration in te United States.

7. Now there is more integration than in the past.

8. I have the opportunity to study again and be more prepared for the test.

9. They had an economical empower, so they can pay their taxes.

10. I take over the house, so I can do a party.

11. I overcome the disease.

III.
1.
a) Prosecute and deport illegal immigrants.

b) The police can arrest anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.

c) Crack down on those sheltering, hiring and transporting illegal immigrants.

2. The most affected people are the immigrants, because they are going to be arrested randomly just because they are immigrants, even if they are just going on vacations, and the people that had opportunities that they didn't had in their original country, will be affected, and making them look bad.

3. I agree with the fact that being an illegal immigrant is a misdemeanor, but they can't arrest them just because of being immigrants, because they are also arresting legal immigrants, and if they don't have their documents, they will be prosecuted, and this law also promote racism against aliens (People from other country).