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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. Oluo notes in the preface that she hopes the reader uses the book to "deconstruct" (12) what?
2. Describing her first conversation with her mother about racism, Oluo states that it had opened up a new way of taking what action in relation to her mother?
3. What platform did Oluo use to post a message online just before the police officer approached her window in 2015?
4. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
5. To what sort of location did Oluo go with a friend the day after her online altercation with a coworker?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is implicit bias?
2. Discuss the significance of an instance when Oluo uses a literary device to depict racism.
3. Why is the concept of intersectionality so crucial to the success of strategies designed to combat social injustice?
4. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?
5. How does Oluo refute her friend's claims in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race? when he presents his ideas about focusing on fixing issues of class inequity, rather than race-related inequity?
6. To what mistakes does Oluo admit when she discusses the contents of the book's first edition?
7. For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?
8. Why was it particularly important for Oluo to quickly run a program on her phone when she saw trolls inflicting a barrage of negative comments on her on Twitter?
9. What action did Oluo take in her early thirties that put an end to the loneliness she had been experiencing for decades in the greater Seattle area?
10. What was Ijeoma Oluo's main goal for the text of So You Want to Talk About Race?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Oluo’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race.
Essay Topic 2
In what way does Oluo use the location of Seattle to exemplify many of her points throughout the text and what effect does Oluo hope her descriptions will have upon the reader?
Essay Topic 3
What messages does Oluo send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?
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