native son context

Question 1

redlining

Answer 1

“the practice of denying services, either directly or through selectively raising prices, to residents of certain areas based on the racial or ethnic makeups of those areas”, links to idea of chicago black belt

Question 2

infantilisation of white women

Answer 2

used to justify racial violence, such as lynching

Question 3

scottsboro boys

Answer 3

nine Black boys falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931

Question 4

harriet beether stowe’s ‘uncle tom’s cabin’

Answer 4

• written by white female author
• who had limited understanding of Black struggle
• wright wrote “uncle tom’s children” as a response

Question 6

civil rights act (1875)

Answer 6

guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries

enacted during reconstruction era

Question 7

NAACP (1910)

Answer 7

• the national association for the advancement of coloured people founded
• to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice