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issue-based voters,” says Wisdom Cole of the naacp. “We’re not going to turn them out by just saying, ‘Go Vote! Go Vote!’.”
11. Anecdotally, say election organisers, Gen z activists are more engaged in the 2020 campaign than older voters. Rock the Vote’s online voter-registration platform has processed 900,000 registrations so far this year, compared with 500,000 at the same stage in 2016. It seems likely, thinks Ms DeWitt, that anger about the death of George Floyd and others will be a wake-up for the young. Disgust at Mr Trump may transcend generations.
12. Democrats are understandably cautious about Joe Biden’s opinion-poll lead. As 2016 showed, leads can shrink and the electoral college can let a candidate lose the popular vote but still win the White House. But from a generational point of view, it is no surprise that the Democrat should be out in front. It reflects not only Mr Trump’s personality and record but shifts in the tectonic plates of electoral demography.
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“Black, lesbian, mother, poet, warrior”
Born in 1934 in New York City, Audre Lorde self-described as a “black, lesbian, mother, poet, warrior”. She started writing poems and essays in her early teens and dedicated her creative talent to confronting multiple forms of oppression, such as racism, sexism and homophobia.
warrior guerrier / to dedicate consacrer, dédier.
A “crazy and queer” bookworm
After her degree in library science from the prestigious University of Colombia, Lorde stayed in New York and regularly published poems throughout the 1960’s. At the time, she didn’t make a living from her writing, so she worked as a librarian in public schools. She was also an active member of the LGBT+ community in Greenwich village, re-affirming her desire to live out her self-described “crazy and queer” identity.
queer (argot) homosexuel / bookworm rat de bibliothèque / degree diplôme / library science bibliothéconomie / throughout tout au long de / to make, made, made a living gagner sa vie / librarian bibliothécaire / LGBT+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender + tt pers. remettant en question l’hétéronormativité de la société.
“Revolution is not a one time event”
After the publication of her first book in 1968, Audre Lorde became a writer-in-residence at Tougaloo College, New Mexico. There, she used the occasion to discuss blackness with her students in the midst of the Civil Rights movement. Lorde believed that revolutions are long time processes, and that feelings were the best indicators to inform activism.
college université / to discuss ici, échanger (sur) / blackness ici, condition des Noirs / in the midst of au beau milieu de, en plein / Civil Rights movement aux É.-U., mouvement des années 50 et 60 ayant conduit à l’abolition de la ségrégation raciale / to inform influencer, orienter.
“Women are powerful and dangerous”
As Lorde came back to New York, she became increasingly involved in feminist activism. On top of her writing, she also founded her own publishing house, Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, which was dedicated to helping black feminist writers.
increasingly de plus en plus / to be involved in être impliqué dans / on top of en plus de / to found fonder, créer / publishing house maison d’édition.
A historic figure in the making
Audre Lorde died from cancer in 1992. A trailblazer, her name is included in public monuments celebrating LGBT+ history. Non-profits and literary awards have been named after her. Her former residence in New York has been given a landmark designation.
in the making en devenir / trailblazer pionnier / non-profit organisation à but non lucratif / award prix, récompense / to be named after porter le nom de, être baptisé en l’honneur de / former ancien / landmark monument (historique) (ici, ...a été classée monument historique...).