So You Want to Talk About Race Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ijeoma Oluo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 181 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

So You Want to Talk About Race Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Ijeoma Oluo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 181 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?

2. Oluo states that people of color "want white people to join them in demanding their right to be able to trust the" what "like white people do" (80)?

3. What term does Oluo use when she describes the America many people were misled to believe was in existence?

4. Statisticians predict that out of every three black men born in the current era, how many will be incarcerated by the time they reach adulthood?

5. In what location does Oluo have a difficult conversation with a male friend in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?

2. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?

3. What is implicit bias?

4. What were the contents of the meme sent by Oluo's coworker that upset her and sparked an online altercation?

5. What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?

6. Name three statistics Oluo uses to highlight the problem of police brutality against black people.

7. For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?

8. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?

9. What suggestions does Oluo's friend make for how to improve the lives of those in the lower classes in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the topic of fear treated within So You Want to Talk About Race and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Oluo sending about the purpose and value of continually examining the origins of one’s own thought patterns and behaviors?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Oluo's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race.

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