(会員) 2015年２月27日（金曜日）Random Vocabulary Tree

(会員) 2015年２月27日（金曜日）Random Vocabulary Tree

1. a patriot = 愛国者
patri = father

2. a controversy = 議論

3. controversial = 議論を呼ぶような

4. blackface = painting your face black to look like a black person

5. They have created a petition. 署名

6. to air / to broadcast = to show

7. Minstrel Show

8. a buffoon = a fool, an idiot
buffoonery = noun

9. to show = to characterize = to depict = portray

Whites wearing blackface portrayed blacks as buffoons.

Whites wearing blackface depicted blacks as buffoons.

Whites wearing blackface characterized blacks as buffoons.

10. insulting = derogatory = offensive

11. an African American

12. That's racist. = That’s a racist slur. = That’s a racial slur. = That’s a racial epithet.

13. He does not like black people. He is a racist.

14. He does not think women are equal to men. He is sexist.

15. He does not like somebody because of their race, sex, nationality or religion. He is a bigot.