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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. In which year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color?
2. During a meeting, the division director at Oluo's work asked her what question about her hair?
3. In what year was Tamir Rice fatally shot by a policeman?
4. How many ideas does Oluo include in her bulleted list for actions people can take when they are attacked with a microaggression?
5. Which party involved in the exchange of microaggressions often does not recognize her own role?
Short Essay Questions
1. What point does Oluo make about the negative effects of the optimism in the 1980s regarding race relations?
2. What is Oluo’s advice regarding white people’s use of the ‘n’ word and how does her advice value compassion over understanding?
3. What length of time does Oluo claim will have to pass before white people can utter the ‘n’ word without causing harm to black people?
4. How does Oluo define a microaggression and what is one example of a microaggression?
5. In what ways was Oluo led to believe that there were things wrong with her identity when she was growing up?
6. What is the symbolism of the Indian headdress being worn at Coachella by a white festival-goer?
7. Name two elements of what Oluo calls “white-centered education” (104).
8. What is the goal of affirmative action?
9. What strategy did Oluo’s mother use to make ends meet before applying for public housing and what happened to render that strategy ineffective?
10. What is the real problem with the model minority myth, according to Oluo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Oluo’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race. How does Oluo use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Oluo's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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