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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 Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge conclude that seeing race is essential to in relation to racism?
2. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?
3. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?
4. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
5. What kind of group or place do some people seek to be able to talk about living under the weight of racism with like-minded people?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do many people continue to insist about the opportunities afforded to Black people in Britain, despite devastating statistics proving their life changes are hindered?
2. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the idea of "color-blindness?"
3. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the issue of responsibility and white privilege?
4. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?
5. How does Eddo-Lodge use the phrase "people of color" in her book?
6. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?
7. Where were almost all of Britain's slaves brought to work in the 1700s and 1800s?
8. What did the police do to Cherry Groce in 1985?
9. How does Eddo-Lodge define white privilege, and what qualifier does she attach to it?
10. What did Martin Luther King Jr. write in his letter from a Birmingham jail cell about shallow understanding from people of goodwill?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How did the police's handling of Stephen Lawrence's murder affect Eddo-Lodge's personal opinions and perceptions of the police in the U.K.? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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