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If you miss any of the questions, simply go to the
library and get the past issues of The Sojourner’s Truth and
re-read my columns and retake the test.
Ready? Go!
QUESTION ONE:
In a column
entitled, "I double dare you!" what was the gist of the
column?
(a) that you should not text and drive.
(b) that you should return overdue library books right away.
(c) that you should not doze off in church
(d) that the five members of city council and the mayor need
to meet in secret and formulate a five to seven year plan
for progressive political and economic development for the
black community and stop being scared of any political
repercussions.
QUESTION TWO:
When I chastise former Mayor Michael Bell, it is because:
(a) he needs to stay out of the local bar scene and settle
down.
(b) he needs to try something other than country western
line dancing.
(c) he needs to understand his political fortunes in Lucas
County are...Zip!
(d) he utterly failed to reprimand former Mayor Finkbeiner
from calling him King Kong!...at city staff meeting thus
indicating that Bell is clueless about stopping hostile
racial stereotyping of black males.
QUESTION THREE:
When I reprimand some of the local black clergy for their
timidity in stepping forward and sharing the weekly wealth
of the offering plate where they are the pastors with the
black community, it is because:
(a) as black men and women they should be more conscious and
educated as to the need to lend the resources of the
assemblies they pastor to help a depressed economic black
community.
(b) they need to release their death grip on the offering
plate and start supporting programs that will revitalize
their surrounding communities with a "ministry of money."
(c) they are terrified of coming together with fellow clergy
and sharing ideas and "tithing" 10 percent of their weekly
offerings so that they can uplift their communities.
(d) it shows that many are woefully ill prepared to engage
in works of faith that will demonstrate the power of the
released gospel in their surroundings.
QUESTION FOUR:
When it comes to the chronic under performing Toledo Public
Schools (recently receiving a score of an "F" from the
Department of Education in Columbus) what or who do you
think should be held responsible?
(a) systemic racial policies that still consign inner city
schools to the margins as to allocation of experienced
teachers and monetary resources.
(b) a superintendent who is indeed trying very hard but the
slogan, "TPS Proud...!"just isn't cutting it with this urban
school district.
(c) parents who are not engaged as they should be in the
education of their kids including attending PTA meetings,
proper home environment to study and discipline when it
comes to what they do and who they see during the school
week.
(d) the students who have given up because they see no value
in studying because some black idiots have called studying
and achieving, "a white thing."
QUESTION FIVE:
When you view the
racial composition of the county and city employees who
populate the judiciary system including the woeful lack of
employment of minority attorneys, what is going on there?
(a) The employers use the good ol' boy system of employing
their buddies and friends and could care less about
employing black and brown attorneys in city and county
government jobs.
(b) The powers that be, unless they are forced to, do not
want to hire people who do not look like them. It is a
closed system and they like it that way.
(c) The employment system is "rigged" and if you are not
white, your chances of employment as an attorney are
practically nil.
(d) Since most jobs for lawyers are not posted or known to
the public, the inherently unfair hiring practices including
the Public Defender's Office and the county prosecutor's
office and the city law department can continue and no one
is the wiser.
QUESTION SIX:
What is a stratagem that you would approve of in order to
get
Toledo out of a mid 1950’s attitude or mindset when it comes
to fair hiring policies and practices?
(a) Call for a dialogue with the powers that be and demand
fair hiring and an end to their current nonsensical attitude
of, "we can't find qualified minorities!"
(b) Select a certain flagrant employer and stage a sit in
their offices with the media in attendance.
(c) File a class action lawsuit against the city and county
for disparate hiring practices which is seen in the
miniscule numbers of minorities being hired in city, county
and state positions.
(d) Tell the Democratic fat-cats who control the city
hiring practices to open up the hiring process or face
consequences at the ballot box.
As you can surmise, Toledo has a gritty problem to solve
and by all indications, our elected officials are mum on
this problem and they hope that you will not challenge them
to step up and say something because being politically and
economically organized other than they getting re-elected is
not their strong point!
Contact Lafe Tolliver at tolliver@Juno.com
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