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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?
2. What was the date of Stephen Lawrence's death?
3. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?
4. Which Metropolitan Police Commissioner did Stephen Lawrence's family demand the resignation of in 1998?
5. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Eddo-Lodge use the phrase "people of color" in her book?
2. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?
3. What did Martin Luther King Jr. write in his letter from a Birmingham jail cell about shallow understanding from people of goodwill?
4. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?
5. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?
6. What was the significance of the word "mugging" in Britain in the 1970s?
7. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?
8. Why does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she has to be very careful about entering into conversation about race with defiant white people?
9. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?
10. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Demands for equality need to be as complicated as the inequalities they attempt to address," Eddo-Lodge writes (183). Write an essay explaining what this statement means in the larger context of the book, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Eddo-Lodge writes that "Whiteness is a political position" (170). Write an essay explaining your interpretation of this statement.
Essay Topic 3
Why was the legacy of the Windrush so significant to the history of race relations in the U.K., according to Eddo-Lodge? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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