10J English

This site aims to express the thoughts and ideas of the 10J English class at Lalor Secondary College

Archive for June, 2013

Victoria Police Settles Race Discrimination Case

June19

The Victorian Police have agreed to hold an inquiry on race – related issues within their own ranks to settle the case of discrimination. African youths have claimed that they had been victims of racism and discrimination, saying s they experienced racial profiling, arbitrary stops and searches, assault and racial abuse by the police. However, […]

June17

  Police Pay Cash to “Bash” Victims   Summary   Police force and four African-born men and one Afghan who claimed they were beaten, falsely imprisoned or racially abused by officers in northern and western suburbs. According to court documents, police were accused of bashing and threatening to shoot Abdullah Abdi in 2007, when he […]

Victoria Police settles racial profiling case

June17

The Victorian police are discriminating against black people by treating them unfairly. They were regularly stopped, questioned and searched and even beaten by the police just because they were black. Samantha interviewed a man from Somalia who said he was stopped every second day for riding the train or walking through the streets. He said […]

It’s my f—ing country: racist rant caught on camera

June17

1. Summarise the article  The article “It’s my f—ing country: racist rant caught on camera” was about a woman who yelled insults and racist outbursts at a man with an African descent on a train. Other commuters on the train stood up to her and defended the man. The woman became surprised by the responses […]

New unit – Falling For Sahara

June10

Hello all! I want to make this a more regular medium for communication between classes and the rest of school. After the rigours of ‘Identity and Belonging’ we move into a film unit on the independent creation “Falling for Sahara”. The film explores the ideas of being a refugee, falling in love as well as […]


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