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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 many SWAT team deployments were sent out for paramilitary drug raids in 2001?
2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
3. When was the major conference held called "Why We Can't Wait: Reversing the Retreat on Civil Rights"?
4. When were Michael Whren and James Brown stopped by plainclothes officers and searched?
5. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw?
Short Essay Questions
1. What percentages do drug offenses account for in the rise of the federal inmate population and state prisoners, according to the author in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
2. What was dedided in the case of California v. Acevedo?
3. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What did the Ku Klux Klan acts dictate?
4. When did Terry v. Ohio go to the Supreme Court? What was the ruling?
5. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
6. What obstacle does the Barack Obama presidency present for civil rights advocates, according to the author in the Introduction?
7. What were the "black codes" and what impact did they have?
8. How are the circumstances of Robert Robinette's arrest described in Chapter 2: "The Lockdown"?
9. What was Operation Pipeline and what impacts did it have?
10. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the "Black Lives Matter" movement in relation to the themes and situations addressed in The New Jim Crow. Do you think that the Black Lives Matter movement is an attempt to address the racial disparities of prisoners? How has this movement changed things in the U.S.?
Essay Topic 2
What is meant by the term "colorblindness"? Why does the author assert that colorblindness has been catastrophic for African Americans? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the disparities between white and African American populations in the U.S. penal system. How have prison populations changed from the 1970s to today? How have the statistics changed regarding African Americans in the criminal justice system?
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