Haroon starts to feel scared after an assembly as he is in a hallway full of non-Muslims blaming Muslims for vandalism. Julian talks to Zana normally even though she is wearing an abaya, calming Haroon down. He calls Julian "the Magic Julian" for this ability to remain calm. Racist news commentators say immigration policies need reexamining and question why "those people" are allowed in the country, though they were born in Canada. The statement "the world is ... many shades of us" means we are all human regardless of our differences.

1. BIFOCAL
CHAPTER 15
DECEMBER 2019
M. RIDDELL

2. 1. WHY DOES HAROON START TO FEEL
SCARED?
PAGE 152
• AFTER THE ASSEMBLY HE IS IN A HALLWAY FULL OF NON-MUSLIMS WHO ARE
BLAMING MUSLIMS FOR THE COURTYARD VANDALISM.
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3. 2. WHAT IS “IFTAR”? PAGE 152
• THE MEAL EATEN IN CELEBRATION AFTER SUNSET DURING RAMADAN.
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4. 3. WHY DOES HAROON CALL JULIAN “THE
MAGIC JULIAN”?
• JULIAN TALKS TO ZANA AS IF EVERYTHING IS NORMAL EVEN THOUGH SHE IS
WEARING THE ABAYA. THE NORMALCY CALMS HAROON DOWN.

5. 4. PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
NEWS IS RACIST. PAGES 155-6
• “WE NEED TO RE-EXAMINE OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY,” NEWS COMMENTATORS
SAY. “WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE BEING ALLOWED INTO OUR COUNTRY?”
• THIS IS RACIST BECAUSE “THOSE” PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WERE
BORN IN CANADA. THEY ARE NOT OUTSIDERS COMING TO DO CANADIANS
HARM.

6. 5. EXPLAIN WHAT THIS STATEMENT MEANS:
“THE WORLD IS ...MANY SHADES OF US”?
PAGE 158
• WE ARE ALL HUMANS.
• NO MATTER YOUR SKIN COLOUR, RELIGION, POLITICS, AGE, SEXUAL
PREFERENCE, GENDER EVERYONE IS STILL HUMAN.