Analysis of Golightly's Perspective on Trade

What do the Space Traders offer the United States?

• Weapons and military power

• Technology and peace

• Gold, clean energy, and a way to fix the environment

• A chance to explore space

Why does the President ask Golightly to speak at the meeting?

• Golightly is the most powerful person in the room since African-Americans respect him so much.

• The President hopes he will help convince others to support the trade so he can convince Black people to accept the offer.

• Golightly was against the President’s policies before and always fights against all of his ideas.

• He wants Golightly to organize a protest against the aliens proposal.

What is Golightly’s opinion of the trade offer?

• He doesn’t care because he thinks Black people do enough anyway

• He thinks it is unfair, racist, and a dangerous betrayal of American values
  

• He fully supports it as long as he doesn't have to go and he is happy the other Blacks will be leaving

• He wants to go with the aliens because he feels he will be respected more with them.

What does Golightly say about the trade?

• The government wouldn't treat any other group of people this way.

• Black people should go because they are needed to help build spaceships

• No one knows where the aliens are from, so they should find out before they leave.

• Aliens are illegal and shouldn’t be trusted

What does the Secretary of the Interior offer Golightly after the meeting?

• A trip to space so he can see where the aliens are taking people.

• A teaching job at a more prestigious university in exchange for staying quiet.

• A medal for bravery to recognize his role in the government meeting.

• A secret deal to smuggle out 100 Black families—including Golightly’s—if he publicly supports the trade.

8. How does Golightly feel at the end of the meeting?

• Proud of his speech

• Confident and hopeful

• Regretful and unsure he made a difference

• Angry and ready to fight

What does Golightly realize about his role in the government?

• He has real power to make change

• He is respected by everyone

• He has been used to make racist policies seem acceptable

• He’s the only one who understands the aliens

What does the story suggest about how the government views Black Americans?

• As unneeded and separate from the rest of the country

• As a powerful voting group that they must protect at all costs

• As equal citizens who should be able to choose what they want to do.

• As leaders of the future who will help overcome the aliens

If you were in Golightly’s position, what would you have done?

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What do you think about Mr. Golightly? Why?

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