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Ku Klux Klan fan incident probed

The Scottish FA is to investigate claims that Airdrie supporters taunted a black player by wearing Ku Klux Klan hats during a game at Gretna.

The incident is said to have taken place when Matthew Berkeley took to the pitch as a substitute on Saturday.Ch Insp Stewart Wilson, who was in charge of policing at the match, said a small number of fans had white masks.He added that inquiries were continuing to try to identify who had brought them into the Raydale Park ground.A couple of isolated incidents were unsavoury in the extreme and simply will not be toleratedAirdrie United statement"A small number of people who were standing among the Airdrie supporters within the ground at Gretna were in possession of white masks," he confirmed."They weren't wearing these masks continuously and we made an effort to identify who was in possession of them."However, owing to the fact that it was in a standing area these supporters were pretty boisterous and moving around a lot, we were unable to do that."

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in January 15,1928 and was dead in April 4, 1968. He was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King, Jr. day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.



MARCH ON WASHINGTON, 1963

King, representing SCLC, was among the leaders of the so-called "Big Six" civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. The other leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were: Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis, SNCC; and James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). The primary logistical and strategic organizer was King's colleague Bayard Rustin. For King, this role was another which courted controversy, since he was one of the key figures who acceded to the wishes of President John F. Kennedy in changing the focus of the march. Kennedy initially opposed the march outright, because he was concerned it would negatively impact the drive for passage of civil rights legislation, but the organizers were firm that the march would proceed.

The march originally was conceived as an event to dramatize the desperate condition of blacks in the South and a very public opportunity to place organizers' concerns and grievances squarely before the seat of power in the nation's capital. Organizers intended to excoriate and then challenge the federal government for its failure to safeguard the civil rights and physical safety of civil rights workers and blacks, generally, in the South. However, the group acquiesced to presidential pressure and influence, and the event ultimately took on a far less strident tone.

As a result, some civil rights activists felt it presented an inaccurate, sanitized pageant of racial harmony; Malcolm X called it the "Farce on Washington," and members of the Nation of Islam who attended the march faced a temporary suspension.[7]

The march did, however, make specific demands: an end to racial segregation in public school; meaningful civil rights legislation, including a law prohibiting racial discrimination in employment; protection of civil rights workers from police brutality; a $2 minimum wage for all workers; and self-government for the District of Columbia, then governed by congressional committee.

Despite tensions, the march was a resounding success. More than a quarter million people of diverse ethnicities attended the event, sprawling from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial onto the National Mall and around the reflecting pool. At the time, it was the largest gathering of protesters in Washington's history. King's "I Have a Dream" speech electrified the crowd. It is regarded, along with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech, as one of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory.

Throughout his career of service, King wrote and spoke frequently, drawing on his experience as a preacher. His "Letter from Birmingham Jail", written in 1963, is a passionate statement of his crusade for justice. On October 14, 1964, King became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States.

INTERVIEW

Hi welcome to the BBC interview. To night we're going to interview two of the Hollywood stars that appeared in the movie CRASH on 2004. Crash is an exciting and fantastic movie that won 3 Oscars. In the first session we interviewed Sandra Bullock and in the second part Brendan Fraser.

Interviewer: Hello Sandra. Good evening
Sandra:Hi. Good evening
Interviewer: How do you feel about your filmography?
Sandra: Sincerely I'm very proud because at the moment I'm a hollywood star. It's very difficult to become a Hollywood star.
Interviewer: Do you liked the role that you have in the film of Crash?
Sandra: Yes because crash is a very good film that shows reality.
Interviewer: What's your opinion of the violence since?
Sandra: There are some violent scenes that are very good because they show reality.
Interviewer: How many roles are you get in hollybood?
Sandra:I get 12 roles in hollybood but only 8 of there are a principal role.
Interviewer:It's true that you give one millon of dolars in a ONG?
Sandra: Yes, I give it when in India there was a tsunami.

Interviewer:Ok Sandra good night thanks very much.
Sandra: You're welcome, bye .

In the second part, we're going to interview Brendan Fraser.

Interviewer: Hello Brandan. Good evening.
Brendan: Hi, good evening.
Interviewer: Are you feeling good with your filmography?
Brendan: Yes, at the moment I'm a hollywood star. I have been in diferents films. In the future, I will do other diferents films. For example: Inkheart and Singularity.
Interviewer: Do you like the role that you have in the film of Crash?
Brendan: Yes, I think Crash is a good film because it talks about a very interesting subject.
Interviewer: Whats you opinion the violence since?
Brendan: Ah, it's a very good thing that the film shows reality. I think that the violence in the world is horrible and that's why I think that it is a good way to finish this violence too.

Interviewer: How many roles are you get in hollywood?

Brendan: I get 9 roles in hollybood.

Interviewer: Ok, thanks very much Mr.Fraser. Good nigth.
Brendan: Jaja, good night people!

Now we finish the interview with Sandra and Brendan. Tomorrow we're going to interview the best footballer in the world: Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo.

PLOT OF CRASH

The film depicts several characters brings them together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. Most of the characters depicted in the film are racially prejudiced in some way and become involved in conflicts which force them to examine their own prejudices. Through these characters' interactions, the film seeks to depict and examine not only racial tension, but also the distance between strangers in general.

BRENDAN FRASER

Fraser was born on 3th of December in 1968. He's Canadian-American film and stage actor. He's known for avinga starred in several major Hollywood films, including The Mummy, The Quiet American and Crash.

He's the soon of Carol and Peter Fraser. He has got three older brothers: Kevin, Regan and Sean. He's family moved a lot during his childhood, living in diferents places beetwen Europe of America. Fracer starting doing theatre in Londres. Afterwords He go tho Canada where he studied in Upper Canada Collage. In 1990 did a small role in a film (The las bet).

Fraser has done diferents rules in diferents movies.

In the future Fraser is going to have a role in “ink heart”, “big bug man” and “Singularity”.

DIALOGUE 2 father and daughter (Carles and Toni)

Introduction: Daniel seeks a safe environment for his young daughter, Lara, who had a bad experience with guns when she was younger. That is why he moved to a safer neighborhood and enrolled her in a private school. Near the beginning he gives Lara an invisible "cloak" that will protect her if someone try to shoot at her.

Daniel (father)
Lara (daughter)

-How's it going?
-Okay
-You didn't get scared, did you? There's no monsters in the closet, right?
-There's no such thing as monsters
-Ah, that's a good thing
-I heard a bang
-Like a truck bang?
-Like a gun
-That's funny, 'cause we moved outta that bad neighborhood. And there's not too many guns around here.
-How far can bullets go?
-They go pretty far. But they usually get stuck in something and stop.
-What if they don't?
-You thinking about that bullet that came through your window?
-Yes
- You think we should move again?
-I like it here
-Me too. But if that bullet found out where we lived... Oh, hold on
-What?
-So stupid! How can I fotget this?
-What?
-Nah, you ain't gonna believe me.
-Tell me
-Okay. When I was five, this fairy came into my room one night. I told you, you weren't gonna believe me. Okay, go to sleep now
-No, tell me
-Okay. So this fairy comes into my room and I'm like, “Yeah, right, you're a fairy”. Anyway, we're talking. She's flying all around the room, knocking down all my posters.
-She was flying?
-She had these little wings. She could've glued 'em on. Like I'm gonna believe she's a fairy.So she said, “I'll prove it”. So she reaches into her backpack and she pulls out this invisible cloak. She ties it around my neck, and tells me it's impenetrable. You know what impenetrable means?
-No
-It means that nothing can go through it. She told me that if I wore it, nothing would hurt me.So I did. And my whole life, I never got shot, stabbed. I mean, how weird is that? I had to give it to my daughter on her fifth birthday. And I forgot.
-Can I touch it?
-Sure, go ahead.
-I don't feel it.
-Yeah It's pretty cool, huh? I can take it off and tie it around your shoulders. Unless you think it's stupid.
-Don't you need it?
-No, not anymore. So what do you think? You want it?
-Yes
-Okay, let's get outta here. Put your head up.
Is that too tight?
-No
-Do you feel anything at all?
-No
-Good. Then it's just right.
-Do I take it off when I have a bath?
-No, you leave it on all the time. Until you have a daughter. When she turns five, then you give it to her. Okay?
-Okay
-Good night, sweetie. Good night.