Exam 1: Why Race, Class, and Gender Still Matter

How do Hawley and Flint connect Darren Wilson's grand jury testimony to historic justifications for Black enslavement? What underlying message about Black men do these have in common?

According to Hawley and Flint,_____depictions of Black masculinity have been used to justify state-sanctioned violence against Black men and boys.

Discuss the reaction of police officers after the men were maced. Consider any differences that might have been evident in their reactions if Jeremiah and Carlos had sprayed mace in to the faces of the white men, instead of being the ones attacked with mace. Would the police officers likely have asked if the white men were gang members? Would they still have considered the possibility that the Filipino men were gang members? What evidence do you find in this story to support your answer?

The author believes the police questioned him and Carlos about possible gang membership because_____.

Briefly summarize what Trask meant when she wrote: "I was reading the West's view of itself through the degradation of my own past." Provide at least three examples that she uses to base this conclusion.

What are the reasons argued that literature by women of Color is not taught in college classes? What do you think could be some solutions to make it possible?

What examples of the "Magical Negro" portrayal can you think of in films or literature? How can depicting a black man as having supernatural power or primordial goodness be harmful?

According to the article, the first step in the colonizing process is_____.

In Lorde's article, she argues that the need for unity is often misrepresented as a need for_____.

What does Lorde argue as being the importance of poetry? How is it seen as a different art form?

We see in this story several angry young men. Discuss how each man handles his anger. What does each man do? What are the consequences of how each man deals with his angry feelings? How is race related to the consequences each man gets for the way he handled his anger in this true story?

How did the land tenure changes instituted by Westerners affect Hawaiians?

What kind of racism does the author identify as most prominent in this story?

What are differences discussed by Lorde that are faced by White women when compared to women of Color?

According to Hawley and Flint, Black boys and youth become targets of violence because they are_____.

As trauma chaplains, Hawley and Flint have observed that_____.

By claiming that Hawaiians lived under feudalism, Whites_____.