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1 1 This chapter begins with an analogy of burning buildings. Is this analogy helpful? If so, what is the next building or buildings that may begin to burn if anti-Black racism isn’t smothered? If not, what is your critique?

2 2 We’ve provided lots of facts, figures, and statistics about racial inequality in the United States. How would you measure racial progress? What metric would you use?

3 3 When people hear “Black Lives Matter,” different people take this slogan to mean different things. Why do people interpret this slogan so differently? Why do people have such visceral reactions to this phrase—either positive or negative?

4 4 The term “postracial” gets bandied about quite a bit in the US news media. What does “postracial” mean? How do you know when the United States has become a “postracial” society? What would that look like? Is it possible? Why isn’t there more talk about a “postracist” society instead?

5 5 We discuss a variety of laws and policies that contributed to structural racism (e.g., Slave Codes, Homestead Act, redlining, GI Bill). How, if at all, have those policies shaped your life, your family members’ lives, or those of your ancestors?

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