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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. How did Oluo always respond when people asked her about the success of So You Want to Talk About Race soon after the book's publication?
2. The CPE lists all but which of the following weapons in its definition of the use of force from police?
3. Black people have a 3.5-4 times higher probability of having what fate befall them at the hands of police than their white counterparts?
4. What platform did Oluo use to denounce a particular city's choice to host a concert by a particular hip-hop artist?
5. What does Oluo name as the indicator she knew she would use to measure the success of her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what mistakes does Oluo admit when she discusses the contents of the book's first edition?
2. About what topic did Oluo send a Tweet that later required her to launch a troll-blocking program on her phone?
3. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
4. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?
5. What is implicit bias?
6. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy arise within Chapter 4: Why Am I Always Being Told to Check My Privilege?
7. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?
8. Why is the concept of intersectionality so crucial to the success of strategies designed to combat social injustice?
9. What were the contents of the meme sent by Oluo's coworker that upset her and sparked an online altercation?
10. How does Oluo portray her mother's views about race as negative?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Oluo employ the use or rejection of fallacy within So You Want to Talk About Race and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Oluo to prove particular points made within the text?
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
In what way does Oluo use the location of Seattle to exemplify many of her points throughout the text and what effect does Oluo hope her descriptions will have upon the reader?
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