Novel
Who is the main character of Small Great Things mentioned most throughout the presentation?
Ruth Jefferson
What is the name of the poem written by Kimberly Cross?
"Dear Justice System"
What was the title of Julianna Davis' TEDx Talk?
"How the Justice System Fails African-Americans"
Who wrote/sang "No Knock"?
Gil Scott-Heron
True or false: black Americans are more likely to feel less secure than white Americans
True
What theme of the novel was explored through the presentation?
The Justice System (and the Politics of Speech)
Name two things that the Black Lives Matter Movement focuses on?
Highlighting discriminations and inequalities experienced by black people, and protesting police brutality.
What were the names of the two defendants that commited the same crime in Julianna’s TEDx Talk?
Lamar and Chase
What is no-knock?
A law that allows police to enter a home without knocking
Stopped black drivers are how many times more likely to have their car searched than white drivers?
Three times
What evidence was Ruth Jefferson arrested over?
Which scene in the novel is similar to this quote from the poem: “Will a black man ever / get the chance to win? / Or will he forever be / seen as a target? / A suspect? A threat? / Or a criminal?”
Ruth's arrest scene
Who was the first person that Julianna Davis gave as an example, who had schizophrenia?
Jimmy Mitchell
Which Black Panther American activist was mentioned in the song?
Fred Hampton
Black Americans are arrested for drug use _______ the rate of white Americans.
Twice the rate
Which character was compared to this quote from the poem: “Why are letting everything / my people fought for / go down the drain? / Don’t you understand our pain? / Don’t you think we are tired? / Of getting shot, / killed and fired?”
Wallace Mercy
What is the term used for police viewing black people as threats, as seen in the second stanza “Or will he forever be / seen as a target? / A suspect? A threat? / “Or a criminal?”
Racial Profiling
What were the charges that Julianna's third and fourth examples received (who commited the same crime).
Shane received 2 years in a county jail, and Lamar received 26 years in prison.
Which real life example was compared with "No-knock"?
Breonna Taylor
True or false: In a study with black and white defendants with comparable charges, black people were on average 8% longer than that of white convicts.
False (10%)