Saturday, April 23, 2016

The pride and pitfalls of being a black role model by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 28, 2016
Article: The pride and pitfalls of being a black role model
Page: 62
Author:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Questions
1. What was the percentage result of the 2014 New York Times poll that Americans believed in the American Dream?
2. Who thinks the American Dream is dead?
3. Who conducted the poll?
4. What was the percentage of the 2015 result?
5. Who said, "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American Dream"?
6. Why do you think the person in question 5 means by this?
7. What is the public in the U.S. seeing what is going on in the U.S. for Americans of color?
8. Why does Kareem Abdul-Jabbar feel that role models of color face unique forms of judgment?
9. Do you agree with Mr. Abdul-Jabbar's opinion on page 62 that "If you're black and you fail, many will claim you failed because blacks aren't up to the task"?
10. Do you agree on his second comment, "But if you're black and you succeed, they will then claim that you succeeded because you're black and were given an advantage"?
11. Do you agree or disagree with this comment, Black people "are not allowed to succeed or fail on their own merits"?
12. Which ethnic group has the most faith in the American Dream?
13. Who conducted the poll?
14. What year was the poll conducted?
15. What is the percentage of African Americans believing in the American Dream?
16. What is the percentage of Hispanics believing in the American Dream?
17. What is the percentage of Whites believing in the American Dream?
18. Do you feel we have systemic racism in America?
19. Can you give an example of question 18?

Reference
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