"Black Lives" Vocab
This word means extremely angry at something bad, hurtful, or wrong.
What is OUTRAGED?
This was the chant that Black Lives Matters protesters used.
"No _________________, No _______________!"
What is " No JUSTICE, No PEACE?"
This is another word for gathering crops when you are a farmer?
What is "HARVEST?"
Name 2 negative effects from eating too much fast food like McDonalds.
What are HIGH CHOLESTEROL, STROKE, GAIN WEIGHT, LAZY
This means the separation of blacks and whites.
What is SEGREGATION?
Redlining was the act of doing this with certain neighborhoods.
What is sectioning off areas for black or low-income families?
This word means an event at which people gather together to show they disagree about something.
What is PROTEST?
Black people are nearly _________ many times more likely to go to jail than white people.
What is SIX TIMES more?
This is another name for the fall season.
What is AUTUMN?
This is the rule for using "A" and 'AN"
What is you use
A when the next word starts with a consonant
AN when the next word starts with a vowel
Most slaves in the world came from this continent.
What is AFRICA?
These places would be more willing to help out and loan money to white families over black families.
What are BANKS?
What is the ability of use or get something?
What is ACCESS?
This is one of the main goals of the Black Lives Matter movement.
What is change how police interact with Black Americans?
President Carter has built many of these since becoming president.
What are HOMES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED?
You can get this for $2 any size this week.
What is WAWA ICED COFFEE?
This is the name of the laws created that purposely made life difficult for African Americans in 1865.
What are the JIM CROW LAWS?
Give an example of what implicit bias is. HINT: the video we watched in class gave at least 5 examples.
What is
"black people are lazy"
"women are emotional"
"white people can't dance"
"asians are good at math"
"hispanics love tacos"
What is a series of actions by people working together to change something?
What is MOVEMENT?
Name three things that police departments have done to change things.
What is
1. hire more people of color
2. train new officers to resolve conflicts peacefully
3. body cameras
The biggest pumpkin ever recorded weighed this much.
What is 1,800 POUNDS?
This is what time it is when I say it is a quarter to 3.
What is 2:45?
This helped Black people get closer to being treated equally. It spread across the nation in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT?
Resumes with these get more callbacks when looking for a job.
What are WHITE SOUNDING NAMES?
What is the unfair treatment of or violence against people because of their race?
What is RACISM?
This is how long protestors lay on the ground at the Tennessee State Capitol when protesting.
What is 8 minutes?
Ghandi did this to protest the unfair treatment of India's poor people.
What is GO ON A HUNGER STRIKE?
This is the definition of "lynching."
What is to murder someone, usually by hanging from a tree?
This law was passed in 1964 that made segregation illegal.
What is the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964?
Name one way in which we can help stop systemic racism.
What is
1. realize slavery/Jim Crow laws affect us still today
2. stop using prejudices about certain people
3. all schools receive equal funding