HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES: AMERICA’S URBAN SCHOOLS
Question 1 In chapter 5, Wilkerson explains how Miss Vale had difficulty fitting into the container that had been made for her as a black woman. What containers do people have for you that you long to break out of?
Question 2 Wilkerson takes a look at the research into racial divides in America as viewed by the Nazis. If a modern-day equivalent of the Nazis were to rise again, what lessons do you think they would learn from America as it stands today? This questions requires you to be aware of what is happening in our country currently.
Question 3 As you read the first four pillars of caste, write down your thoughts and feelings about each pillar. Please number them 1 to 4 and use bullet points to state your thoughts and feelings. DO NOT SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU READ
Question 4 As you read the last four pillars of caste, write down your thoughts and feelings about each pillar. Please number them 5 to 8 and use bullet points to state your thoughts and feelings. DO NOT SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU READ. Do you recognize any of them in your life or in the lives of those you know? Each question Has a reading file. and just answering each question with two sentences not a whole page make the answer sample.
