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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. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?
2. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?
3. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?
4. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?
5. What were the group of young white men in the late 1950s who wore creeper shoes and shirts and who set upon the streets to assault Black people called?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?
2. What did Martin Luther King Jr. write in his letter from a Birmingham jail cell about shallow understanding from people of goodwill?
3. How does Eddo-Lodge define white privilege, and what qualifier does she attach to it?
4. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?
5. 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?
6. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?
7. What reason did the Crown Prosecution Service give to account for not prosecuting any suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case?
8. Why does Eddo-Lodge view this book as a paradox of sorts?
9. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?
10. What is racism often confused with, and what is the difference between the two, according to Eddo-Lodge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did Eddo-Lodge begin to learn more about the history of slavery, racism, and race relations in the United Kingdom, and why does she think so many people in the U.K. are still in the dark about such matters? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What impact did Muriel Fletcher's Report on the Investigation Into the Colour Problem in Liverpool and Other Ports in 1930 have on the nation's ideas about mixed-race children? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Eddo-Lodge draws a sharp distinction between racial justice movements and activists that seek equality with whites, and those whose aim is to reconstruct the entire system. Write an essay explaining the details of her distinction and explore the differences between these two approaches.
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