Question 1

So You Want to Talk About Race

In what year of high school did Oluo attend a conference for promising students of color and how does she characterize the experience?

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Question 2

So You Want to Talk About Race

How does Oluo define a microaggression and what is one example of a microaggression?

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Question 3

So You Want to Talk About Race

For what two reasons did Oluo’s eight-year-old son wish to refrain from saying the Pledge of Allegiance aloud in school every day?

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Question 4

So You Want to Talk About Race

What point does Oluo make about the negative effects of the optimism in the 1980s regarding race relations?

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Question 5

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What action does Oluo consider crucial in the fight to provide students of color with educations comparable to those of their white peers?

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Question 6

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What was the number one quality in a friend that meant the most to Oluo during her childhood and why?

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Question 7

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What is the real problem with the model minority myth, according to Oluo?

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Question 8

So You Want to Talk About Race

What are a few ways that readers can fight against the model minority myth?

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Question 9

So You Want to Talk About Race

Discuss the false dichotomy Oluo points to in relation to her education about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X during her school-age years.

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Question 10

So You Want to Talk About Race

What is tone policing?

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Question 11

So You Want to Talk About Race

What was Ijeoma Oluo's main goal for the text of So You Want to Talk About Race?

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Question 12

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To what mistakes does Oluo admit when she discusses the contents of the book's first edition?

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Question 13

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For what actions does Oluo thank the reader at the end of the preface?

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Question 14

So You Want to Talk About Race

In what way does Oluo depict the theme of collectivism within the introduction to her book So You Want to Talk About Race?

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Question 15

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Discuss the significance of an instance when Oluo uses a literary device to depict racism.

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Question 16

So You Want to Talk About Race

In Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?, Oluo portrays a conversation during which her friend makes what claim about class?

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Question 17

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What suggestions does Oluo's friend make for how to improve the lives of those in the lower classes in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race?

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Question 18

So You Want to Talk About Race

How does Oluo refute her friend's claims in Chapter 1: Is It Really About Race? when he presents his ideas about focusing on fixing issues of class inequity, rather than race-related inequity?

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Question 19

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How many rules does Oluo outline for how to determine if a particular issue is really about race and what are they?

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Question 20

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What were the contents of the meme sent by Oluo's coworker that upset her and sparked an online altercation?

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Question 21

So You Want to Talk About Race

What are the two different definitions of racism, according to Oluo?

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Question 22

So You Want to Talk About Race

Which of the two definitions of racism does Oluo subscribe to for the purposes of the book and why?

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Question 23

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What positive aspects of her mother's views about race does Oluo point out and why?

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Question 24

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How does Oluo portray her mother's views about race as negative?

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Question 25

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Can you summarize chapter 9

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