Question:
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Dear Peter, My name is Frank. I am from America. Here is a picture of my friends. We are in the same grade. Look at the picture, in the middle, you can see my friend Jimmy. He likes all the sports. He likes to eat apples and French fries. You can see Helen in the picture, too. Helen likes math. Her favorite food is meat. But Sandra doesn't like math. Look, Sandra is here in the picture. She can speak French. She likes ping-pong. Behind her, there is a girl. She is Sally. She is a black girl. She likes to swim. And she likes to eat ice cream. Maria and Rick are behind Jimmy. Maria likes computer very much. She plays computer games very well. Rick is fun. He can play soccer ball. He likes strawberries best. I like math, too. I like to eat bananas. All of us think Beijing Opera is fun. So we go to see it. But we can't _ the words. So we don't want to see it again. But my father likes it very much. He often watches it. He can understand it. One interesting thing:two of my English friends can understand it, too. They are Maya and Kelsey. They are not in the picture. They often go to see Beijing Opera like my father. Can you send me a picture of your friends. Yours, Frank
1. Whose favorite food is meat?
2. How many friends are in the picture?
3. What language does Sandra speak?
4. Who enjoys bananas?
5. Who goes to the Beijing Opera often?
6. Does anyone else go often?
7. What does Frank ask for?
8. Where is Frank's country of origin?
9. Who enjoys math?
10. How many people enjoy math?

Numbered answers:
1. Helen
2. send me a picture of your friends
3. French
4. Rick
5. Maya and Kelsey
6. father
7. a picture
8. America
9. Helen
10. Frank

Question:
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A man has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with what authorities say was a racially motivated "knockout" assault against an elderly black man, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, of Katy, Texas, has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

According to the federal complaint, Barrett attacked the 79-year-old man "because of the man's race and color." He will next appear in court Friday afternoon for a detention hearing.

The suspect made a video of the attack November 24, the complaint said. In the video, he allegedly commented that "the plan is to see if I were to hit a black person, would this be nationally televised?"

He then allegedly "hit the man with such force that the man immediately fell to the ground. Barrett then laughed and said 'knockout,' as he ran to his vehicle and fled."

The victim suffered two jaw fractures and was hospitalized for several days, the complaint said.

Barrett's attorney, George Parnham, told CNN the affidavit does not "pull back the layers of mental health."

His client has bipolar disorder and takes medication, Parnham said in an earlier call.

Parnham said he could not state whether his client carried out the attack, but, "mental health issues definitely played a part in anything that occurred."

Barrett "is very sorry for this person," Parnham said, adding that he and his client haven't had much opportunity to discuss the facts of the case.
1. What was the man charged with?
2. What kind of hate crime?
3. Against who?
4. How old was the black man?
5. When did it happen?
6. What was his plan?
7. What did his attorney say?
8. How much younger is the attacker?
9. Did the victim spend any time in the hospital?
10. how long?
11. For what?
12. What disorder does the attacker have?
13. Does he take medication for it?
14. Is the attacker remorseful?
15. Why was it called a knockout assault?
16. Who is his counsel?
17. Where did the attacker live?
18. Where is that?
19. Is it a state crime?
20. What is the name of the attacker?

Numbered answers:
1. Hate Crimes
2. knockout" assault
3. elderly black man
4. 79
5. November 24
6. be nationally televised
7. does not "pull back the layers of mental health
8. 52 years
9. yes
10. several days
11. wo jaw fractures
12. bipolar
13. yes
14. yes
15. laughed and said 'knockout
16. George Parnham
17. Katy
18. Texas
19. no
20. Conrad Alvin Barrett

Question:
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Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations. As such, the meaning of the expression varies widely both between and within societies, and depends significantly on context. For many other individuals, communities and countries, "black" is also perceived as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result is neither used nor defined.

Different societies apply differing criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and these social constructs have also changed over time. In a number of countries, societal variables affect classification as much as skin color, and the social criteria for "blackness" vary. For example, in North America the term black people is not necessarily an indicator of skin color or majority ethnic ancestry, but it is instead a socially based racial classification related to being African American, with a family history associated with institutionalized slavery. In South Africa and Latin America, for instance, mixed-race people are generally not classified as "black." In South Pacific regions such as Australia and Melanesia, European colonists applied the term "black" or it was used by populations with different histories and ethnic origin.
1. Is what "black" means consistent across different groups?
2. Is it used everywhere?
3. Why not?
4. What is a basic definition?
5. In comparison to others?
6. Where is the term related to slaves?
7. Does it indicate skin color there?
8. Where aren't mixed race people described as black?
9. What is a societal construct for being black?
10. Where did European colonists use the word black?
Numbered answers:
1. No
2. No
3. derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label
4. persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned
5. Yes
6. North America
7. not necessarily
8. South Pacific regions
9. societal variables affect classification as much as skin color
10. South Pacific regions