{"id":119372,"date":"2026-04-01T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/?page_id=119372"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T01:10:25","slug":"textes-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/textes-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Textes 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-0\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html\" >\n\t\t<div 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ease}\n.lkcn__c:hover{background:var(--blue);color:#fff;transform:translateY(-1px)}\n.lkcn__note{margin:20px auto 0;max-width:640px;color:#6a6a75;font-style:italic;font-size:.92rem}\n.lkcn__hr{height:3px;width:96px;margin:24px auto 2px;border-radius:2px;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--org),var(--blue))}\n<\/style><div class=\"lkcn\"><div class=\"lkcn__t\">My pen against racism and racial profiling<\/div><div class=\"lkcn__row\"><a class=\"lkcn__b\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Concours-Ma-Plume-Contre-2026-IGFB-11-x-17-po.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Competition poster<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__b\" href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/252254972131252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__b\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Outils-Concours-ma-plume-contre-le-racisme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tools for students<\/a><\/div><div class=\"lkcn__lab\">Competition Editions<\/div><div class=\"lkcn__yrs\"><a class=\"lkcn__y\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/concours-de-texte-pour-les-eleves-du-secondaire\/\">2023<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__y\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2024\/\">2024<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__y\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2025\/\">2025<\/a><span class=\"lkcn__y lkcn__y--on\">2026<\/span><a class=\"lkcn__y\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2027\/\">2027<\/a><\/div><div class=\"lkcn__sub\"><a class=\"lkcn__c\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/photos-2026\/\">Photos<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__c\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/gagnants-2026\/\">Winners<\/a><a class=\"lkcn__c\" href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/textes-2026\/\">Award-winning texts<\/a><\/div><div class=\"lkcn__hr\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-0\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-0\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-0\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-1\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"icon-box icon-box-top\" ><div class=\"icon-box-icon fa-container\"><span class=\"text-default-color btn-disable-hover\"><i class=\"fa fa-adjust fa-1x fa-fw\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><div class=\"icon-box-content\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center; color: #4a67f5; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Winning entries from the 2026 edition<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-1\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-1\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-2\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_center column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell\" ><div class=\"uncont no-block-padding col-custom-width\" style=\"max-width:80%;\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; color:#2F3A5A; font-size:18px; line-height:1.8; max-width:1000px; margin:0 auto 40px auto;\">\n  Discover the winning entries from the 4th edition of the competition <em>My pen against racism and racial profiling<\/em>. This page highlights the winning texts, their authors, and selected excerpts.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-single\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2026\/\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-130103 btn-round btn-icon-left\">Back to the 2026 edition<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-2\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-2\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-2\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-3\"><div class=\"row unequal limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775143929906 border-border_color-159297-color single-block-padding style-back_color-159297-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  Jury&#039;s favorite<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  Between two shores, my voice breaks the silence<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Lilyanna Gagnon<br \/>\nEsther-Blondin College<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  I was born at the intersection of maps, where rivers meet without ever losing each other\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-single\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-187501 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775144054521 border-border_color-528659-color single-block-padding style-back_color-528659-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  First cycle \u2014 1st prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  I have a dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Lila Scozzaro<br \/>\nSaint-Sacrement College<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  I have a dream that stifled cries shatter the night like shattering glass\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-quad\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-209577 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775144127094 border-border_color-445312-color single-block-padding style-back_color-445312-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  1st cycle \u2014 2nd prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  You, the intruder<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Fleur Sanchez<br \/>\nRobert-Gravel Secondary School<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  You, the intruder, the licorice in the Haribo packets, the raisin in the chocolate cookies\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-triple\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-386261 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-3\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-3\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-3\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-4\"><div class=\"row unequal limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775143929906 border-border_color-159297-color single-block-padding style-back_color-159297-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  2nd cycle \u2014 1st prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  When light learns to speak<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Ana\u00efs Hanout<br \/>\nMount Royal College<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  Under a sky heavy with clouds, the world moves forward tentatively\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-triple\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-124920 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775144054521 border-border_color-528659-color single-block-padding style-back_color-528659-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  2nd cycle \u2014 2nd prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  The color of my dream<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Marie K\u00e9ranne N&#039;Guessan<br \/>\n\u00c9toile-du-Nord School<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  We walk with the strength of what they tried to destroy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-triple\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-173607 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775144127094 border-border_color-445312-color single-block-padding style-back_color-445312-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  English-speaking \u2014 1st prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  A Fight for Humanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Hafsa Bam Hamed<br \/>\nJacques-Rousseau Secondary School<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  Before I speak, before I explain, I&#039;m guilty, risky and carrying pain\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-double\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-185473 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-4\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-4\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-4\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-5\"><div class=\"row unequal limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell  vc_custom_1775143929906 border-border_color-159297-color single-block-padding style-back_color-159297-bg\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-top-width: 2px ;border-right-width: 2px ;border-bottom-width: 2px ;border-left-width: 2px ;padding-top: 25px ;padding-right: 25px ;padding-bottom: 25px ;padding-left: 25px ;\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color:#1F3A5F; font-size:28px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:700; margin-bottom:22px;\">\n  English-speaking \u2014 2nd prize<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#111111; font-size:17px; font-weight:700; margin:0 0 8px 0;\">\n  That one joke<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#5C6470; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7; margin:0 0 18px 0;\">\n  Coralie Elisabeth Antoine<br \/>\nColl\u00e8ge de l&#039;Assomption<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#6C7380; font-size:17px; line-height:1.8; font-style:italic; margin:0;\">\n  It doesn&#039;t need to be loud, or brutal. It can be quiet and still be as hurtful\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"empty-space empty-triple\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-112117 btn-circle btn-icon-left\">Full text below<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-4 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-5\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-5\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-5\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-6\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_center column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"empty-space empty-single\" ><span class=\"empty-space-inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2026\/\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-130103 btn-round btn-icon-left\">Back to the 2026 edition<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-6\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-6\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-6\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-7\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"divider-wrapper\"  >\n    <hr class=\"separator-no-padding\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-7\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-7\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-7\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-8\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<div id=\"section-textes-gagnants\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; color: #1f3a5f; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold; margin: 20px 0 25px 0;\">Excerpts from the winning entries<\/h2>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-8\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-8\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-9\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_center column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell\" ><div class=\"uncont no-block-padding col-custom-width\" style=\"max-width:80%;\"><div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center; color:#4A5568; font-size:18px; line-height:1.8; max-width:1000px; margin:0 auto 35px auto;\">\n  Discover below excerpts from the winning works of the 4th edition of the competition. Click on each section to view the content.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-9\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-9\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-9\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-10\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode-accordion wpb_accordion wpb_content_element\" data-collapsible=\"no\" data-target=\"\" data-active-tab=\"1\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"panel-group wpb_wrapper wpb_accordion_wrapper\" id=\"accordion_1182823714\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title active\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_1182823714\" href=\"#1775142718-2-42\"><span>Jury&#039;s favorite<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"1775142718-2-42\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<div id=\"texte-coupdecoeur\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Between two shores, my voice breaks the silence<\/strong><br \/>\nLilyanna Gagnon \u2014 Esther-Blondin College<\/p>\n<p>I was born at the crossroads of maps, where rivers meet without ever losing their way. In my veins, two bloods tell a story: half snow, half earth and memory. Heir to Indigenous whiteness and pride, I am that bridge the world sometimes questions.<\/p>\n<p>But in the eyes of those who judge without knowing, I am sometimes too much of &quot;this&quot; or not enough of &quot;that.&quot; They call me profiling, this lingering gaze, this invisible mistrust that stands guard. Because my face blurs their certainties, because my identity refuses the solitude of labels.<\/p>\n<p>Racism would have me be silent, divided; it feeds on indifference and disguised fears. They ask me, &quot;Where are you from?&quot; like a riddle to solve, searching in my origins for a source of absolution. I am the one watched in the shadows, the one whose place is questioned at the slightest suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, I am not a file, nor a mere pencil line. I am the heir to resilience, a daughter of conviction. My skin is a bond, my roots are my land, and faced with silence, I refuse to become ephemeral. Racism seeks to separate what my body has united, but my voice is a cry against contempt and oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>I am whole, I am multifaceted, I stand tall. Against your prejudices and the silence, I will remain myself, despite everything.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-10\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-10\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-10\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-11\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode-accordion wpb_accordion wpb_content_element\" data-collapsible=\"no\" data-target=\"\" data-active-tab=\"1\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"panel-group wpb_wrapper wpb_accordion_wrapper\" id=\"accordion_850414248\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title active\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_850414248\" href=\"#1775142718-1-88\"><span>First cycle \u2014 1st prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"1775142718-1-88\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<div id=\"texte-jai-un-reve\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>I have a dream<\/strong><br \/>\nLila Scozzaro \u2014 Coll\u00e8ge Saint-Sacrement<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream<br \/>\nthat the stifled cries shatter the night like breaking glass,<br \/>\nthat their gleams become lights,<br \/>\nand that nothing can stifle them anymore.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream<br \/>\nthat the shadows of the past<br \/>\nfinally stop pulling the strings of our paths,<br \/>\nthat the color of a skin will never again be<br \/>\nthe invisible barrier that imprisons a destiny.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream,<br \/>\nthat each voice finds its pitch<br \/>\nShe may tremble, but never with fear.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream<br \/>\nthat no child be born already separated,<br \/>\nthat no heart can bear the weight of heartbreak before it even knows how to love.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream that one day, my children will never hear the word &quot;segregation&quot;.\u00ab<br \/>\nthat in their history courses,<br \/>\nlike a dusty relic of a past that no one is ashamed of anymore,<br \/>\na fragile word that will have survived only in books.<\/p>\n<p>My dream is that this word will crumble to dust.,<br \/>\nthat it no longer touches any skin,<br \/>\nthat he may never bite another heart.<\/p>\n<p>And I have a persistent, wild, ardent dream,<br \/>\nthe kind of dream that burns brighter than fear:<br \/>\nthat racism be silenced,<br \/>\nthat we close his final door on him,<br \/>\nthat we let it collapse into its own void.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream,<br \/>\nthat together, we build a world<br \/>\nwhere no one slips into the abyss anymore,<br \/>\nbecause WE will have filled this void<br \/>\nwith our voices, our hands, our lives.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream,<br \/>\nthat the twilight of yesteryear may finally cease to shatter the ravines,<br \/>\nthat the color of a skin can never again alter a destiny.<\/p>\n<p>I have a dream.<br \/>\nA dream that refuses to die, even when the world is faltering.<br \/>\nA dream that clings to the steps we erase,<br \/>\nwho claims his place in the dust of centuries,<br \/>\nand which still burns, invincible, in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Certified original, personal and unpublished work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"uncode-accordion wpb_accordion wpb_content_element\" data-collapsible=\"no\" data-target=\"\" data-active-tab=\"1\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"panel-group wpb_wrapper wpb_accordion_wrapper\" id=\"accordion_1091762198\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title active\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_1091762198\" href=\"#1775573064-1-98\"><span>1st cycle \u2014 2nd prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"1775573064-1-98\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><strong>You, the intruder<\/strong><br \/>\nFleur Sanchez \u2014 Robert-Gravel High School<\/p>\n<p>We are all born one morning<br \/>\nUnder the same sun<br \/>\nThe blood that keeps us alive<br \/>\nWe are all the same<\/p>\n<p>Yet, deep in our eyes<br \/>\nBarriers are being erected.<br \/>\nWe judge, we condemn<br \/>\nAn origin, a face, a color<\/p>\n<p>Voices are being raised<br \/>\nBut the echo is weak<br \/>\nOpinions are dismissed<br \/>\nAnd reality is eliminated<\/p>\n<p>Hidden<br \/>\nIgnored<\/p>\n<p>The truth is the biggest secret.<br \/>\nFrom Montreal to Longueuil<br \/>\nBlinded by pride<br \/>\nEverywhere I go<br \/>\nThey judge, they gag, and they blind<br \/>\nAnd yet I see you<\/p>\n<p>You, the intruder<br \/>\nLicorice in Haribo packets<br \/>\nThe raisins in the chocolate cookies<br \/>\nYou, the spelling mistake in a perfect text<\/p>\n<p>To be different<br \/>\nIt&#039;s like watching the door close<br \/>\nWithout even being looked at<br \/>\nIt&#039;s this fatigue<br \/>\nTo always be doubly graded<\/p>\n<p>But a single note does not make music<br \/>\nOne color does not make a rainbow<br \/>\nIt&#039;s in the difference<br \/>\nMay freedom dwell within us<\/p>\n<p>So accept your nuances<br \/>\nAnd play your own melody<\/p>\n<p><em>Certified original, personal and unpublished work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_1091762198\" href=\"#b4bfb0fe-9d08-9\"><span>2nd cycle \u2014 1st prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"b4bfb0fe-9d08-9\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><strong>When light learns to speak<\/strong><br \/>\nAna\u00efs Hanout \u2014 Coll\u00e8ge Mont-Royal<\/p>\n<p>Under a sky heavy with clouds, the world moves forward tentatively.<br \/>\nThe air slices through the skin like an invisible blade.,<br \/>\nLeaving a dusting of fatigue on their faces.<br \/>\nThe streets hold their breath.,<br \/>\nThe cobblestones groaned under tired footsteps.,<br \/>\nThe night stretches out like a damp sheet over the shoulders,<br \/>\nEach breath turns into a shiver.,<br \/>\nEvery glance becomes a void.<\/p>\n<p>Racism creeps, a faceless monster.,<br \/>\nBelly pressed to the ground, teeth locked in memory.<br \/>\nHer empty eyes swallowed the nights,<br \/>\nEach breath trembles beneath its vein of shadow.<br \/>\nHe looks behind the closed windows,<br \/>\nThe inhabitants shiver with every breath.<br \/>\nIt creeps into sleeping houses,<br \/>\nTear up the portraits,<br \/>\nSteal the first names.<br \/>\nBehind him,<br \/>\nThe hands become empty,<br \/>\nAnd shadows cling to hearts.<\/p>\n<p>The other\u2026<br \/>\nThe one we refuse to see,<br \/>\nHe who holds his breath in the darkness,<br \/>\nA body that the world is trying to extinguish.<br \/>\nHer eyes are oceans of silent questions.,<br \/>\nHer hands trembled with indifference.<br \/>\nAnd yet, it exists.<br \/>\nEach heartbeat is a hidden flame, burning without a word, fearing the shadow.<\/p>\n<p>Silence falls, a heavy dust settles.<br \/>\nIt seeps into the lungs,<br \/>\nStifling the words before they are born.<br \/>\nHe teaches hearts to hide,<br \/>\nCrying behind invisible walls,<br \/>\nTo survive silently,<br \/>\nLike flames beneath the ashes.<\/p>\n<p>Then\u2026<br \/>\nA spark trembles.<br \/>\nA fragile voice, a firefly lost in the storm.<br \/>\nThe breath of fear persists,<br \/>\nThe monster is lurking.,<br \/>\nBut the voice throbs, hesitates, wavers,<br \/>\nAnd refuses to go out.<br \/>\nThe breath breaks,<br \/>\nIt turns into trembling.,<br \/>\nStands up in courage.<\/p>\n<p>A word pierces the darkness,<br \/>\nLike a ray of light piercing the mist.<br \/>\nA sentence carves a passage through the cold.<br \/>\nA scream makes the walls vibrate.<br \/>\nThe wind carries it away,<br \/>\ntransforming it into vibration,<br \/>\nIn a heat that caresses the scars,<br \/>\nIn light that winds through darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Other voices emerge,<br \/>\nTrembling choirs,<br \/>\nCries and breaths hitting the wind.<br \/>\nThe beats burst like waves on the cobblestones.<br \/>\nThe monster screams,<br \/>\nBut the voices, trembling, become torrents.<br \/>\nThe silence vanished, carrying the shadows into darkness.<\/p>\n<p>The chains fall with a dull thud,<br \/>\nThe walls are cracking under the weight of the truths.,<br \/>\nOur voices pierce the night like lightning,<br \/>\nOur silences finally burn with light.,<br \/>\nUnder a still fragile sky, we move forward,<br \/>\nTrembling hearts, but standing tall,<br \/>\nCarried by our wounds, which have become strengths.<br \/>\nThe shadows bow before our trembling hands,<br \/>\nAnd hope slowly learns to shine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_1091762198\" href=\"#6dd4d416-a6c7-3\"><span>2nd cycle \u2014 2nd prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"6dd4d416-a6c7-3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><strong>The color of my dream<\/strong><br \/>\nMarie K\u00e9ranne N&#039;Guessan \u2014 \u00c9toile-du-Nord School<\/p>\n<p>They wanted to silence our colors, as if our black were a fault.<br \/>\nBut behind every wounded gaze, a spark of courage is born.<br \/>\nBeneath each wound, a burning and proud light persists.<\/p>\n<p>They branded our bodies with iron, stole our prayers, our languages, our freedom<br \/>\nAnd even today, after so many years spent in fear, history repeats itself in different forms.<\/p>\n<p>But our voices do not weaken,<br \/>\non the contrary<br \/>\nThey become stronger.<\/p>\n<p>When I look to my left, I see my brother in pain.,<br \/>\nimprisoned for a crime he did not commit<br \/>\nTo my right, a mother weeps for her child, fallen to the bullets of hatred.<br \/>\nWill all this violence ever stop?<\/p>\n<p>Rosa Parks sat down so that I could stand up,<br \/>\nMartin Luther King dreamed so that I could breathe<br \/>\nMalcolm X shouted so that I would be heard.<br \/>\nAnd finally, Nelson Mandela forgave me so that I could be freed.<\/p>\n<p>But I carry Africa in my veins.<br \/>\nThe songs of my ancestors in my voice<br \/>\nAnd in the darkest nights, my dreams shine with a thousand colors.<\/p>\n<p>We walk with the strength of what they tried to destroy.<br \/>\nWe carry the faith of those who survived the chains and the silence<br \/>\nWe move forward without hatred, with the hope of a peaceful future.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine a world where fear is silenced.<br \/>\nWhere one judges by the beauty of gestures, not by the color of the face<\/p>\n<p>So yes, I dream of a world of peace<br \/>\nOf a tomorrow without chains or tears<br \/>\nThe color of my dream will be peace.<\/p>\n<p><em>Certified original, personal and unpublished work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-11\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-11\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-11\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-12\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_left column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><div class=\"uncode-accordion wpb_accordion wpb_content_element\" data-collapsible=\"no\" data-target=\"\" data-active-tab=\"1\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"panel-group wpb_wrapper wpb_accordion_wrapper\" id=\"accordion_368440495\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title active\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_368440495\" href=\"#1775142718-1-88\"><span>English-speaking \u2014 1st prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"1775142718-1-88\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><\/p>\n<div id=\"texte-fight-humanity\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Fight for Humanity<\/strong><br \/>\nHafsa Bam Hamed \u2014 Jacques-Rousseau Secondary School<\/p>\n<p>Before I speak, before I explain<br \/>\nI&#039;m guilty, risky and carrying pain<br \/>\nThey clutch their bags when I step on the train<br \/>\nSay \u201cit&#039;s just to be safe\u201d but I know it&#039;s disdain<\/p>\n<p>They push, they judge me<br \/>\nThey say I&#039;m not worthy<br \/>\nBut I work the same shift<br \/>\nAnd the taxes don&#039;t switch<\/p>\n<p>They say \u201cbe calm, don\u2019t play the race card\u201d<br \/>\nBut the deck was stacked from the very first start<br \/>\nThey see my color before they see my heart<br \/>\nI just know that I&#039;m here even though I am apart<\/p>\n<p>You call me things without thinking about how I feel<br \/>\nYou pretend all I do is lie and steal<br \/>\nAnd when you claim \u201cit\u2019s just a joke!\u201d<br \/>\nRemember words cut deep and my dignity broke<\/p>\n<p>Because in the end, we&#039;re all the same<br \/>\nWe have hands, eyes and a name<br \/>\nWe have a heart, a nose and a brain<br \/>\nSo stop acting like we&#039;re different, we all feel the same pain<\/p>\n<p>You don&#039;t live to discriminate<br \/>\nYou live to thrive<br \/>\nYou don&#039;t live to hate<br \/>\nYou live to rise<\/p>\n<p>So where&#039;s all the love?<br \/>\nWhere&#039;s all the passion?<br \/>\nWhen I<br \/>\nAll I see is destruction<\/p>\n<p>How did we get to this?<br \/>\nI thought society would heal<br \/>\nBut when I look at this abyss<br \/>\nI just see people who don&#039;t feel<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#039;s time to raise our voices<br \/>\nTo be brave enough and make our choices<br \/>\nI think it&#039;s time to put our hands up<br \/>\nTo go beyond our differences and make up<\/p>\n<p>So stand for your thousands lives, for the lives of<br \/>\nThe ones who were oppressed<br \/>\nThe ones who were betrayed<br \/>\nThe ones who trusted the system and got played<\/p>\n<p>So stand for yourself, for your mom and dad<br \/>\nFor those who had a chance<br \/>\nFor those who never had<\/p>\n<p>So stand for your rights, for the rights of the nations<br \/>\nThe ones who were neglected<br \/>\nThe ones who were enslaved<br \/>\nI hope the world would learn from the past<br \/>\nThis fight has just begun and it won&#039;t be the last<\/p>\n<p>Just like Martin Luther King said \u201cInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere\u201d<br \/>\nSo let&#039;s break the silence and guide the world with respect and care<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"uncode-accordion wpb_accordion wpb_content_element\" data-collapsible=\"no\" data-target=\"\" data-active-tab=\"1\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"panel-group wpb_wrapper wpb_accordion_wrapper\" id=\"accordion_1017088840\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"true\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default wpb_accordion_section group\"><div class=\"panel-heading wpb_accordion_header ui-accordion-header\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title active\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordion_1017088840\" href=\"#1775573064-1-98\"><span>English-speaking \u2014 2nd prize<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><div id=\"1775573064-1-98\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body wpb_accordion_content ui-accordion-content half-internal-gutter single-block-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uncode_text_column\" ><p><strong>That one joke<\/strong><br \/>\nCoralie Elisabeth Antoine \u2014 Coll\u00e8ge de l&#039;Assomption<\/p>\n<p>That one joke.<\/p>\n<p>I feel it doesn&#039;t need to be loud, or brutal. It can be quiet and still be as hurtful. Some disguise it as a \u201cjoke\u201d but even though they think it&#039;s fun, nothing is fun about getting mocked for something you can&#039;t change.<\/p>\n<p>It can happen to anyone, anytime, or by anyone. They define your background, family and yourself by venomous comments; they cut deep when they touch things you deeply care about. It destroys and eradicates self-confidence for entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>They told me that my skin tone, religion and background affect the way I should be treated, and that is absurd and ridiculous. Kids, teenagers and adults of all ages get teased constantly, in real life and digitally, and there isn&#039;t one that is better or worse than the other; those types of comments are unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Some hide it, bury it deep thinking that they will make a scene if they tell their stories. No, those voices should be heard all around the world. In the past we were banned, silenced by people thinking that being different from what society judges as being pure is something that needs to be polarized.<\/p>\n<p>It was present in apartheid; apartheid is something that came straight out of a nauseating nightmare. It started in South Africa; black people needed to go through segregation, passes to be permitted to work or travel in areas restricted for white citizens. An age so dark but not that far.<\/p>\n<p>We need to take example from Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and many more black people who inspire us to speak out and not get silenced by others&#039; salty comments and that absolutely nothing can destroy the treasures in our culture that aren&#039;t just based on the darkness of our skin.<\/p>\n<p>No color is inferior or better than the other. We all should walk together in unison and fight for what we are and want to be. We need to fight for a better future and not bury our feelings to avoid scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Fight for your ancestors that battled for a brighter future, fight more than anything because your voice deserves to be heard no matter the color of your flesh, the religion you carry, the language you speak and the entourage you lead.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the situation is scary, yes everyday things get better, but there is still racial discrimination raging in places on Earth, some closer than you think. On the internet, on TV shows, in movies it could happen whenever and wherever.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, racism can be hidden in jokes or an opportunity to make someone laugh, even though the only thing that it&#039;s offering is secret small scars and maybe the first few don&#039;t hurt but after a couple of times you start to question: \u201care the things they say really true\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IT CUTS DEEPER AND DEEPER<\/strong> and everyone has their own limits. For instance, I&#039;m very patient when it comes to these slurs, but I still point them out when others say those sickening jokes.<\/p>\n<p>However, everyone has their own limits so you shouldn&#039;t mock people even though they are very close to you because it hurts more than they realize; yes some will hide it well but it&#039;s still racial discrimination. No one should ever be treated like that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NO ONE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Destroyed confidence \u2013 Deep hurtful cuts that could scar people forever \u2013 self-hatred \u2013 creates injustice \u2013 drives conflict \u2013 social tension<\/p>\n<p>Are a few of the consequences of racism.<\/p>\n<p>Using someone&#039;s race to judge or treat some people worse than others. Racism is something hurtful made for people&#039;s amusement and to fuel their pride and power thinking one race is superior to another.<\/p>\n<p>So, you should think twice before saying that one joke.<\/p>\n<p><em>Certified original, personal and unpublished work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-12\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-12\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-12\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-parent=\"true\" class=\"vc_row row-container\" id=\"row-unique-13\"><div class=\"row limit-width row-parent\"><div class=\"wpb_row row-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_column pos-top pos-center align_center column_parent col-lg-12 single-internal-gutter\"><div class=\"uncol style-light\"  ><div class=\"uncoltable\"><div class=\"uncell no-block-padding\" ><div class=\"uncont\"><span class=\"btn-container\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/edition-2026\/\" class=\"custom-link btn border-width-0 btn-button_color-130103 btn-round btn-icon-left\">Back to the 2026 edition<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"script-row-unique-13\" data-row=\"script-row-unique-13\" type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"vc_controls\">UNCODE.initRow(document.getElementById(\"row-unique-13\"));<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ma plume contre le racisme et le profilage racialAffiche du concoursInscriptionOutils pour les \u00e9l\u00e8ves\u00c9ditions du concours20232024202520262027PhotosGagnantsTextes prim\u00e9s Textes gagnants de [...]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-119372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119372"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119607,"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119372\/revisions\/119607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakaymedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}