#FindOutFriday Answers 43
- saraelliemackenzie82
- Mar 20
- 2 min read
Going strong at the end of March! I am so excited that spring is finally here. And here are the answers to #TuesdayTrivia How many did you get right? Comment below!
Racial Integration - A hot topic still here in the US, racial integration is allowing all races, ethnicities and abilities to participate together socially. It's supposed to take away barriers for the less privileged and allow equality and equity. While the country has been officially desegregated, many counties, towns, cities and sometimes boroughs and neighborhoods experienced discrimination and segregation. And no, they are not equal either. In Through the Meadow and Revolution, there were mentions of the fictional Jastese people, described as a darker-skinned race, and how they were treated in an all-white society. While they were the liberators, the plight of the fictional Jastese mirror the current abuses suffered upon the African-Americans today.
Catherine the Great of Russia - The last reigning empress of Imperial Russia, the German-born princess rose to become the wife of Tsar Peter III...only to later cast her husband aside and take his place as leader. Besides being the namesake of the character of Catherine Buckingham in Casting Shadows and The Circle is Broken, Catherine was also one of the rulers who encouraged the smallpox vaccine. The way it was administered in the eighteenth century was copied in Casting Shadows, when a preventative measure is created for the plague. Yes, people, vaccines do work.
Council of Nicaea - The first Christian council was conducted in the fourth century in what is known today as Iznik, Turkey. It was meant as a way to gather the Christian sects together to agree on canon law because there had been too many disagreements. This council, along with the name, was a play on the Council of Niceenil in Through the Meadow and Revolution. In the fictional world, it was meant as a way to gather the major players in Christianity and update the laws of Mother Church. In the end, though, the results had been as disagreeable as the Council of Nicaea.
That's it, everyone. Have a great weekend. Namaste!
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