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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. Which hip-hop artist's booking of a concert near Oluo's place of residence made her angry?
2. What kind of loan does Oluo name as a type provided to black people more often than white people?
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. A study by the CPE found that "blacks were almost" how many "times more likely to be subject to force from police" (73) than were their white counterparts?
5. Oluo describes the trajectory of her career in what field?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the ultimate goal in relation to solving the police brutality problem, according to Oluo?
2. In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?
3. Which of the two definitions of racism does Oluo subscribe to for the purposes of the book and why?
4. In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?
5. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy arise within Chapter 4: Why Am I Always Being Told to Check My Privilege?
6. Discuss the significance of an instance when Oluo uses a literary device to depict racism.
7. For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?
8. How does Oluo define the idea of intersectionality?
9. What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?
10. Why is the concept of intersectionality so crucial to the success of strategies designed to combat social injustice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine Oluo’s use of characterization methods to portray real people. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Oluo send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Oluo’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of So You Want to Talk About Race. How does Oluo use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
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