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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 was the word Eddo-Lodge's white readers used most often to describe their feelings about her 2014 blog post on race that prompted her to write this book?

2. Which archaic law gave the police in Britain the power to stop, search and arrest anyone they suspected might commit a crime and that the police often used in the 1970s?

3. A 2009 report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found that what percentage of all Black men living in Britain were on the National DNA Database?

4. Who was the British Prime Minister throughout the 1980s?

5. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge conclude that seeing race is essential to in relation to racism?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?

2. In the Preface, what specific group of white people does Eddo-Lodge write that she does not want to talk to about race any longer?

3. 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?

4. What is racism often confused with, and what is the difference between the two, according to Eddo-Lodge?

5. Why was the SS Empire Windrush significant in the history of racism in Britain?

6. What happened after Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 that Eddo-Lodge mentions at the end of Part I?

7. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?

8. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?

9. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?

10. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?

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

Why does Eddo-Lodge object to the political use of the term "white working class"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

According to Eddo-Lodge, what are some of the most significant factors, attitudes, and cultural conditions that lead to the perpetuation of structural racism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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