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America's newly-crowned beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a deluge of insults after she won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters misidentified her as an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was raised following the Hindu faith.
The media in India has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin." Ms Davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minority of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."
Sources:
http://news.sky.com/story/1142271/miss-america-faces-abuse-over-indian-descent http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24122018 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/1st-america-indian-descent-slammed-arab-article-1.1457133#ixzz2f8cugIm4
WARM-UPS
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1. BEAUTY QUEENS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about beauty queens. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
beauty queen / racist abuse / of Indian descent / insults / terrorist / grew up / Hindu / media / shocking / tears / joy / social media / triumph / minority / American / diversity
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. JUDGES: Imagine you are the judge of a beauty contest? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote. Ask your partner(s) the questions in a beauty contest role play.
Topic
The questions you would ask
Why?
Peace
Marriage
Honesty
Charity
The Internet
Beauty
4. A THING OF THE PAST: Students A strongly believe beauty contests belong to the past and are irrelevant today; Students B strongly believe beauty contests are important today. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
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See a sample5. BEAUTY: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most beautiful at the top at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• figure
• hair
• smile
• legs
• eyes
• hands
• teeth
• skin
6. RACIST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "racist". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
BEFORE READING / LISTENING
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.
Beauty queens racially abused the new Miss America at a pageant.
T / F
b.
The new Miss America was born in Mumbay, India.
T / F
c.
On Twitter, people asked why a foreigner was now Miss America.
T / F
d.
Ms Davuluri grew up practicing the Islamic religion.
T / F
e.
The Indian press published many stories about the abuse.
T / F
f.
A newspaper said the abuse began before the winner's tears had dried.
T / F
g.
Ms Davuluri took the negative comments to heart.
T / F
h.
Ms Davuluri is happy kids get to see a different kind of Miss America.
T / F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1.
torrent
a.
spoiling
2.
descent
b.
appalling
3.
pageant
c.
origin
4.
picked
d.
broke out
5.
following
e.
flood
6.
shocking
f.
welcomed
7.
barely
g.
chose
8.
erupted
h.
practising
9.
marring
i.
hardly
10.
embraced
j.
contest
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1.
the subject of a torrent
a.
placed on her head
2.
is the first woman
b.
of people thought
3.
greeted with a deluge of
c.
of racist abuse
4.
tweeters misidentified
d.
of Indian descent
5.
She was raised following
e.
of triumph
6.
The tiara had barely been
f.
her as an Arab
7.
the customary tears
g.
diversity
8.
marring the moment
h.
the Hindu faith
9.
not bothered what a minority
i.
of joy
10.
embraced
j.
insults
GAP FILL
America's newly-(1) ____________ beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a (2) ____________ of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a deluge of (3) ____________ after she won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter (4) ____________ why a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters (5) ____________ her as an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just (6) ____________ a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was (7) ____________ following the Hindu (8) ____________.
questioning
raised
torrent
faith
crowned
misidentified
insults
picked
The (9) ____________ in India has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had (10) ____________ been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just (11) ____________ when racist taunts erupted on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin." Ms Davuluri (12) ____________ aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a (13) ____________ of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and (14) ____________ American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has (15) ____________ diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally (16) ____________ to a new Miss America."
minority
foremost
brushed
barely
relate
media
emerged
embraced
LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.
1)
beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the subject of a ______
a. torrent of racist abuses
b. torrent of racist abuses
c. torrent of racist abuse
d. torrent of racist abusive2)
She is the first woman of Indian descent to be ______
a. crowned Miss America
b. crown Miss America
c. crowns Miss America
d. crowning Miss America3)
greeted with ______ after she won the pageant on Sunday night
a. a refuge of insults
b. a deluge of insults
c. a delude of insults
d. a refute of insults4)
Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why ______
a. a "no-American"
b. a "not-American"
c. a "non-American"
d. a "known-American"5)
She was raised following ______
a. the Hindu faiths
b. the Hindu faith
c. the Hindu faithful
d. the Hindu faithless6)
The media in India has been full of stories on ______
a. the "shocking tweets"
b. the "shocker tweets"
c. the "shock in tweets"
d. the "shock king tweets"7)
The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy ______
a. had just emerged
b. had just re-emerged
c. had just submerged
d. had just merged8)
racist taunts erupted on social media, marring the ______
a. moment of triumphs
b. moment of triumphant
c. moment of triumphphantly
d. moment of triumph9)
I always viewed myself as first and ______
a. for most American
b. four most American
c. for mostly American
d. four mostly American10)
She added: "I'm so happy this organization has ______."
a. embraced diversity
b. embraced diversify
c. embraced diversions
d. embraced divisionLISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
America's newly-crowned beauty queen Nina Davuluri (1) _______________ of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman (2) _________________ be crowned Miss America, but was (3) ___________________ of insults after she won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters (4) ___________________ Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. (5) ___________________ Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was (6) ___________________ Hindu faith.
The media in India has been (7) ___________________ the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had barely been placed on her head and the (8) ___________________ joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on social media, (9) ___________________ of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian origin." Ms Davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered (10) ___________________ people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has (11) ___________________." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who (12) ___________________ a new Miss America."
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.
How many Indian-Americans have now won the Miss America pageant?
2.
When did the pageant take place?
3.
What race did tweeters incorrectly say she was?
4.
Where was Nina born?
5.
How many U.S. states does the article say Nina lived in?
6.
What Indian newspaper was quoted?
7.
What customary things had just appeared?
8.
What did Nina brush aside?
9.
What does Nina consider herself to be?
10.
Why is Nina happy with the Miss America organization?
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
1.
How many Indian-Americans have now won the Miss America pageant?
6.
What Indian newspaper was quoted?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 3
d) 1
a) India Today
b) The Times of India
c) The Indian Gazette
d) The India Daily Post2.
When did the pageant take place?
7.
What customary things had just appeared?
a) Saturday afternoon
b) Sunday night
c) Tuesday
d) at 2pm
a) presents
b) congratulatory messages
c) invitations to parties
d) tears of joy3.
What race did tweeters incorrectly say she was?
8.
What did Nina brush aside?
a) Asian
b) African
c) Arab
d) Caucasian
a) negative comments
b) her hair
c) the runner-up
d) a fan4.
Where was Nina born?
9.
What does Nina consider herself to be?
a) New York
b) New Delhi
c) New Jersey
d) New Hampshire
a) an ambassador
b) very beautiful
c) American
d) a victim5.
How many U.S. states does the article say Nina lived in?
10.
Why is Nina happy with the Miss America organization?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
a) it diversified braces
b) it embraced diversity
c) it embarrassed division
d) it has diverse embracesROLE PLAY
Role A – Looks
You think looks are the biggest factor in deciding a beauty contest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their factors. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): intelligence, a sense of humour or confidence.
Role B – Intelligence
You think intelligence is biggest factor in deciding a beauty contest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their factors. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): looks, a sense of humour or confidence.
Role C – Sense of humour
You think a sense of humour is biggest factor in deciding a beauty contest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their factors. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): intelligence, looks or confidence.
Role D – Confidence
You think confidence is biggest factor in deciding a beauty contest. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their factors. Also, tell the others which is the least important of these (and why): intelligence, a sense of humour or looks.
AFTER READING / LISTENING
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'beauty' and 'contest'.
beauty
contest
- Share your findings with your partners.
- Make questions using the words you found.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
- Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
- Ask your partner / group your questions.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?
4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
- newly
- first
- left
- looked
- happy
- following
- full
- head
- moment
- thought
- so
- finally
BEAUTY QUEENS SURVEY
Write five GOOD questions about beauty queens in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1
_____________
STUDENT 2
_____________
STUDENT 3
_____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
- Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
- Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
BEAUTY QUEEN / RACISM DISCUSSION
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
a)
What did you think when you read the headline?
b)
What springs to mind when you hear the word 'racist'?
c)
What do you think about what you read?
d)
What do you think about beauty contests?
e)
Should Miss America have blonde hair and blue eyes?
f)
Would a winner of Korean, Cuban, Nigerian or Turkish origin also be subjected to such abuse?
g)
Why do people say Nina is "Non-American" when she was born and raised in the USA?
h)
Is race and colour a big issue in the USA?
i)
What do you think of an Indian-American becoming Miss America?
j)
What should Nina do to promote greater racial awareness and understanding?
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a)
Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)
Is the USA a good example of how different races can live together?
c)
What should happen to the tweeters of racial abuse?
d)
Are beauty pageants a thing of the past?
e)
Is Nina right to brush the comments aside?
f)
Have you experienced any racial abuse?
g)
Is racism slowly disappearing or getting worse?
h)
Why is it important to embrace diversity?
i)
What's the best way to deal with racism?
j)
What questions would you like to ask Nina?
DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.
________________________________________________________
2.
________________________________________________________
3.
________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________
6.
________________________________________________________
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.
________________________________________________________
2.
________________________________________________________
3.
________________________________________________________
4.
________________________________________________________
5.
________________________________________________________
6.
________________________________________________________
LANGUAGE - CLOZE
America's newly-crowned beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the (1) ____ of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian (2) ____ to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a deluge of (3) ____ after she won the pageant on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter questioning why a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters misidentified her (4) ____ an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was (5) ____ following the Hindu (6) ____.
The media in India has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had (7) ____ been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts (8) ____ on social media, marring the moment of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian (9) ____." Ms Davuluri brushed (10) ____ the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minority of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and (11) ____ American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced (12) ____." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1.
(a)
reject
(b)
subject
(c)
abject
(d)
deject
2.
(a)
recant
(b)
recent
(c)
decant
(d)
descent
3.
(a)
insult
(b)
insults
(c)
insulting
(d)
insulted
4.
(a)
is
(b)
was
(c)
as
(d)
has
5.
(a)
raised
(b)
grown
(c)
parented
(d)
nurtured
6.
(a)
faith
(b)
trust
(c)
sect
(d)
hope
7.
(a)
bared
(b)
barred
(c)
barren
(d)
barely
8.
(a)
erupted
(b)
jumped
(c)
shot
(d)
spurted
9.
(a)
origin
(b)
original
(c)
originated
(d)
originality
10.
(a)
beside
(b)
offside
(c)
aside
(d)
onside
11.
(a)
formerly
(b)
formation
(c)
foremost
(d)
forebears
12.
(a)
sternness
(b)
diversity
(c)
latitude
(d)
conviviality
SPELLING
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
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a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was raised following the Hindu faith.
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and foremost American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced
( 1 )
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origin." Ms Davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minority
( )
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( )
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diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new Miss America."
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as an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just
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of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first
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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
1.
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
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The media / medium in India has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had rarely / barely been placed on her head and the customized / customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on / in social media, marring the moment of triumph / triumphal for the first ever Miss America of Indian original / origin." Ms Davuluri brushed aside / beside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minorities / minority of people thought. She said: "I have to raise / rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate / relative to a new Miss America."
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.
INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
america's newly-crowned beauty queen nina davuluri has been the subject of a torrent of racist abuse she is the first woman of indian descent to be crowned miss america but was greeted with a deluge of insults after she won the pageant on sunday night many people left messages on twitter questioning why a "non-american" had become miss america many tweeters misidentified her as an arab while others said she looked like a terrorist one tweeter said "well they just picked a muslim for miss america that must've made obama happy maybe he had a vote" ms davuluri was born in new york and grew up in oklahoma and michigan she was raised following the hindu faith
the media in india has been full of stories on the "shocking tweets" the times of india wrote "the tiara had barely been placed on her head and the customary tears of joy had just emerged when racist taunts erupted on social media marring the moment of triumph for the first ever miss america of indian origin" ms davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not bothered what a minority of people thought she said "i have to rise above that i always viewed myself as first and foremost american" she added "i'm so happy this organization has embraced diversity" she added "i'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate to a new miss america"
PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
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elfasfirstandforemostAmerican."Sheadded:"I'msohappythisorganizationhase
mbraceddiversity."Sheadded:"I'mthankfultherearechildrenwatchingathome
whocanfinallyrelatetoanewMissAmerica."FREE WRITING
Write about beauty queens for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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ACADEMIC WRITING
People who post racist comments online should go to prison. Discuss.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about beauty queens. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. BEAUTY QUEENS: Make a poster about beauty queens. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. ABUSE: Write a magazine article about the racist tweets about Nina Davuluri. Include imaginary interviews with Nina and with people who sent them.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of the Miss America competition. Ask him/her three questions about their beauty queen receiving racist abuse. Give him/her three of your opinions on it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
ANSWERS
TRUE / FALSE (p.4)
a
F
b
F
c
T
d
F
e
T
f
T
g
F
h
T
SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)
1.
torrent
a.
flood
2.
descent
b.
origin
3.
pageant
c.
contest
4.
picked
d.
chose
5.
following
e.
practising
6.
shocking
f.
appalling
7.
barely
g.
hardly
8.
erupted
h.
broke out
9.
marring
i.
spoiling
10.
embraced
j.
welcomed
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)
1.
One
2.
Sunday night
3.
Arab
4.
New York
5.
3
6.
The Times of India
7.
Tears of joy
8.
Negative comments
9.
American
10.
It embraced diversity
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)
1.
d
2.
b
3.
c
4.
a
5.
c
6.
b
7.
d
8.
a
9.
c
10.
b
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