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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 city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?
2. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?
3. Where did many Scottish men go to work as slave drivers during the years Britain had slaves working on its plantations?
4. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?
5. What was Britain's first race-relations act, The Race Relations Act, passed?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did John Fernandes stop teaching at the Police College in 1982?
2. What do many people continue to insist about the opportunities afforded to Black people in Britain, despite devastating statistics proving their life changes are hindered?
3. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?
4. Why is structural racism often so difficult to hold to account, according to Eddo-Lodge?
5. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?
6. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the issue of responsibility and white privilege?
7. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?
8. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?
9. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?
10. Where were almost all of Britain's slaves brought to work in the 1700s and 1800s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why did Eddo-Lodge object to some of the criticism of the racial makeup of Jeremy Corbin's shadow cabinet in 2015? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What was the result of the British Bus Boycott in 1965 and why does Eddo-Lodge think it was a significant historical event? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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