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Who were the Eugenicists?
White boxing enthusiasts disliked Jack Johnsen, an audacious and excellent Black boxer because he kept winning. They recruited a retired boxer, Jim Jeffries, and had him train to enter into competition with Johnsen. They wanted Jeffries to beat Johnsen, and they referred to him as this..
What was the "Great White Hope"?
If someone works with their hands, or does physical labor like working in the fields (planting and bringing in harvests), working in factories, working on grounds maintenance (landscaping), the type of work they do is often referred to as this.
What is "blue collar work"?
When something is done with the intention of destroying property, or to intentionally harm people or animals, it is done _______________.
What is "maliciously"?
This hate group founded in 1915 has continued to the present day, and lately has been particularly active against Muslim people.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
It pained the students' hearts to hear the mother yelling at her son outside the Husky Deli. She was telling him that he couldn't have ice cream because he'd been "bad". She was publicly criticizing and ___________________ him.
What is "berating"?
Marcus Garvey was surprised when he entered the NAACP office in New York, because all the workers appeared to be this.
What was "light skinned or white"?
With a new presidency, we will see many people appointed to these positions. They will be posted in countries throughout the world, and they will work on ensuring peaceful diplomatic relations.
Who are "ambassadors"?
This is the habit or principle favoring being independent and self-reliant.
What is "individualism"?
The quarterback had a slight back injury, and wanted to sit a game out, but his coach gave him a talking to, and ________________ him to play.
What is "emboldened"?
An illegal action in which outlawed goods (like elephant ivory), animals and people are sold and moved across state lines
What is "trafficking"?
President Woodrow Wilson was concerned that Black soldiers returning from World War 1 would not be content at home after having been treated equally in Paris. Wilson did not want to be responsible for ensuring the equal treatment of Black people, and he was afraid that the soldiers who had distinguished themselves while fighting for America would be this.
What is "too big for their britches"?
Sometimes when writers and speakers aim to confuse their audiences, they will say things that just do not make sense. What kind of writing and speaking is all jumbled up, and nonsensical?
What is "mumbo jumbo"?
What is "terrorism"?
What is "imminent"?
When businesses, programs, gardens, roads, large buildings and houses are built today, an effort is made to build them to last as long as possible. Builders and business people must always consider the ___________________ of their plans.
What is "sustainability"?
Franz Boas, a world-famous anthropologist who emigrated from Germany in the late 1800's, use the history of kingdoms in Mali, Ghana, Ethiopia, and all over the African continent to prove that Whites' ideas that blacks were ______________ were racist and wrong.
What is "inferior"?
Ms. Neuman received an email asking if a transferring student had attended West Seattle High School. The student HAD attended her, so Ms. Neuman sent an email back saying he had. She ________ that the student had attended WSHS before transferring to his new school.
What is "affirmed"?
A bill does not officially become a law until all members of the House and Senate vote on its _____.
What is "ratification"?
Ms. Hall did not want to go shopping, but her daughter suggested that they could meet up downtown, and go to a museum before hitting Old Navy and a couple thrift stores. Promising to go with her mom to museums to get mom to spend money on her is one of Ms. Hall's daughter's clever ____________.
What are "ploys"?
Before so much construction occurred in West Seattle, there were small streams that flowed into the Puget Sound near where Lincoln Part is now. Native tribes would gather to fish and trade goods where small streams and the Sound were ______________.
What is "converging"?
Tarzan was depicted as a white man raised by apes in Africa who was superior in every way to Black people. Tarzan books, movies, cartoons and toys were very popular, however. Even people like Jason Reynolds did not talk about the Tarzan stories being racist until they were adults. Many children and adults enjoyed imitating this.
What is the Tarzan yell, or "yodel"?
The human soul, mind or spirit is sometimes referred to as this.
What is a "psyche"?
At our house, the practice of treating people kindly is ___________ into our code of conduct.
What is "enshrined"?
We hope that through education, we can end the hatred and distrust of some groups of people towards other groups. This kind of hatred and distrust is racist, and it is also the worst kind of _________________.
What is "bigotry"?