Ethnocentrism and StereotypesTask 2 Answer the following questions according to the movie clip you have justwatched. 1.rm1.Why does Peter feel he needs to offer explanations even when Tom agrees to hisliking the music playing in the car?2. Why does Tom change his mind after noticing Peter's muddy shoes and tornjacket?3. What does Tom mean by “Come on when Peter tells him that he wanted to be agoalkeeper as a child?4.Why do you think Peter begins to laugh when he sees the patron saint on thedashboard?5. How does Tom react to Peter's laugh?EnglishforAcademicCommunication
Ethnocentrism and Stereotypes Task 2 Answer the following questions according to the movie clip you have just watched. 1.rm 1. Why does Peter feel he needs to offer explanations even when Tom agrees to his liking the music playing in the car? 2. Why does Tom change his mind after noticing Peter’s muddy shoes and torn jacket? 3. What does Tom mean by “Come on” when Peter tells him that he wanted to be a goalkeeper as a child? 4. Why do you think Peter begins to laugh when he sees the patron saint on the dashboard? 5. How does Tom react to Peter’s laugh? English for Academic Communication
key1.WhydoesPeterfeel heneedstoofferexplanations even whenTom agreestohisliking the music playing in the car?Becausepeopleusuallyhave somenegative stereotypes aboutblackpeople.Soevenwhen Tom agrees to what he said, he is still worried that his words might not betrusted.2. Why does Tom change his mind after noticing Peter's muddy shoes and tornjacket?Becausethedeeplyrooted stereotypes about blackpeople can neverbe completelyremovedfromhisheart,nomatterhowmuchhesympathizesthem.Fromthedirtyshoes andthetorn jacket, Tommay assumethatPeterhas justbeeninvolved insome violence or some bad behavior.EnglishforAcademic Communication
key 1. Why does Peter feel he needs to offer explanations even when Tom agrees to his liking the music playing in the car? Because people usually have some negative stereotypes about black people. So even when Tom agrees to what he said, he is still worried that his words might not be trusted. 2. Why does Tom change his mind after noticing Peter’s muddy shoes and torn jacket? Because the deeply rooted stereotypes about black people can never be completely removed from his heart, no matter how much he sympathizes them. From the dirty shoes and the torn jacket, Tom may assume that Peter has just been involved in some violence or some bad behavior. English for Academic Communication
3. What does Tom mean by “Come on" when Peter tells him that he wanted to be agoalkeeperas a child?He means Come on, don't try to fool me." His reaction to Peter's dream ofbecoming a goalie results from his ethnocentric ideas about himself. He may think itis impossible forblack people to realize such a dream that only white people canhold.4. Why do you think Peter begins to laugh when he sees the patron saint on thedashboard?Because Peter himself has exactly the same thing5.How does Tom react toPeter's laugh?Tom gets into a rage because he thinks Peter was laughing at him for being so stupidastopickupsuchadangerousblackperson.EnglishforAcademicCommunication
3. What does Tom mean by “Come on” when Peter tells him that he wanted to be a goalkeeper as a child? He means “Come on, don’t try to fool me.” His reaction to Peter’s dream of becoming a goalie results from his ethnocentric ideas about himself. He may think it is impossible for black people to realize such a dream that only white people can hold. 4. Why do you think Peter begins to laugh when he sees the patron saint on the dashboard? Because Peter himself has exactly the same thing. 5. How does Tom react to Peter’s laugh? Tom gets into a rage because he thinks Peter was laughing at him for being so stupid as to pick up such a dangerous black person. English for Academic Communication