Question 1

How is the school experience of African American boys replicated in the penal system?

Accepted Answer

It is done through processes such as surveillance, policing, charges, and penalties. All of these are familiar to African American boys.

Question 2

The majority of black inmates in the penal system are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  female 
B)  children 
C)  violent offenders 
D)  high school dropouts 
A)  female 
B)  children 
C)  violent offenders 
D)  high school dropouts D

Question 3

A student at Rosa Parks Elementary is most likely to end up becoming a(n) ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  cashier at Wal-Mart 
B)  professional basketball player 
C)  lieutenant at the local correctional facility 
D)  electrical engineer 
A)  cashier at Wal-Mart 
B)  professional basketball player 
C)  lieutenant at the local correctional facility 
D)  electrical engineer A

Question 4

The author suggests that the first step to improving schools may involve ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  tighter discipline 
B)  increased surveillance 
C)  imagining possibilities 
D)  building more prisons 
A)  tighter discipline 
B)  increased surveillance 
C)  imagining possibilities 
D)  building more prisons

Question 5

Which of the following reflects a way to foster African American boys' attachment and identification with school?

Accepted Answer

A)  renaming many of the disciplinary spaces after sports heroes 
B)  providing mandated training for teachers and school administrators on Ebonics 
C)  redesigning the schools to simulate athletic fields and courts 
D)  educating them about various high-status occupations 
A)  renaming many of the disciplinary spaces after sports heroes 
B)  providing mandated training for teachers and school administrators on Ebonics 
C)  redesigning the schools to simulate athletic fields and courts 
D)  educating them about various high-status occupations

Question 6

Who labeled Lamar a future prisoner?

Accepted Answer

A)  his mother 
B)  the criminal justice system 
C)  his teacher 
D)  the vice principal 
A)  his mother 
B)  the criminal justice system 
C)  his teacher 
D)  the vice principal

Question 7

At which stage of the criminal justice system are racial disparities especially obvious?

Accepted Answer

A)  at the beginning 
B)  while in prison 
C)  in the middle 
D)  while on parole 
A)  at the beginning 
B)  while in prison 
C)  in the middle 
D)  while on parole

Question 8

Discuss the effects of being labeled a troublemaker in school.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the effects of being labeled a...

Question 9

Propose one idea or recommendation to address the problems discussed in the reading.

Accepted Answer

One idea to address the problems discuss

Question 10

What does it mean to legitimize Black English?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What does it mean to legitimize Black...

Question 11

The author argues that punishment of African American boys in schools has all of the following consequences except ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  labeling them as troublemakers 
B)  tracking them for prison 
C)  discouraging their occupational dreams 
D)  isolating them from school resources 
A)  labeling them as troublemakers 
B)  tracking them for prison 
C)  discouraging their occupational dreams 
D)  isolating them from school resources

Question 12

The punishing room, the dungeon, and the jailhouse are all names of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  prisons 
B)  disciplinary spaces in schools 
C)  schools 
D)  jail cells in federal prisons 
A)  prisons 
B)  disciplinary spaces in schools 
C)  schools 
D)  jail cells in federal prisons

Question 13

What does a career as a professional athlete represent for many African American males?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What does a career as a professional...

Question 14

The majority of boys at Rosa Parks Elementary School aspired to be ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  rap musicians 
B)  professional athletes 
C)  gang members 
D)  stand-up comedians 
A)  rap musicians 
B)  professional athletes 
C)  gang members 
D)  stand-up comedians

Question 15

Ebonics is the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  connection between one's school and jail 
B)  reinforcement of the inhospitable climate of school for African American children 
C)  inclusion of Black English in the school system 
D)  language that many African American children speak in their home and neighborhoods 
A)  connection between one's school and jail 
B)  reinforcement of the inhospitable climate of school for African American children 
C)  inclusion of Black English in the school system 
D)  language that many African American children speak in their home and neighborhoods

Exam 52: Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity

How is the school experience of African American boys replicated in the penal system?

The majority of black inmates in the penal system are ______.

A student at Rosa Parks Elementary is most likely to end up becoming a(n) ______.

The author suggests that the first step to improving schools may involve ______.

Which of the following reflects a way to foster African American boys' attachment and identification with school?

Who labeled Lamar a future prisoner?

At which stage of the criminal justice system are racial disparities especially obvious?

Discuss the effects of being labeled a troublemaker in school.

Propose one idea or recommendation to address the problems discussed in the reading.

What does it mean to legitimize Black English?

The author argues that punishment of African American boys in schools has all of the following consequences except ______.

The punishing room, the dungeon, and the jailhouse are all names of ______.

What does a career as a professional athlete represent for many African American males?

The majority of boys at Rosa Parks Elementary School aspired to be ______.

Ebonics is the ______.

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