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

Question 1

Who labeled Lamar a future prisoner?

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Ebonics is the ______.

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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 10

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

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

Discuss the effects of being labeled a troublemaker in school.

Question 13

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

Question 14

What does it mean to legitimize Black English?

Question 15

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