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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 is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
2. Which academic did Eddo-Lodge interview in 2014 on the subject of so-called color-blindness?
3. What term did Muriel Fletcher's 1930 report cement the use of?
4. What organization did Rachel Fleming found in 1927?
5. What does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she spends most of her time doing now, despite her blog post in 2014 stating she would do the opposite?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where were almost all of Britain's slaves brought to work in the 1700s and 1800s?
2. What is racism often confused with, and what is the difference between the two, according to Eddo-Lodge?
3. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?
4. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?
5. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?
6. Why did so many people react negatively to MP Diane Abbott's tweet about race in 2012?
7. Why does Eddo-Lodge view this book as a paradox of sorts?
8. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?
9. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?
10. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did the Haringey public housing problems reveal about the relationships between race, class, and housing, in Eddo-Lodge's view? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What events and/or feelings drove Eddo-Lodge to write her original blog post in 2014 about her decision to stop talking to white people about race? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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