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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Black Bourgeoisie in 1957?

2. Who wrote of the mulatto or biracial person that he is "a degenerate, unnatural offspring, doomed by nature to work out its own destruction" (141)?

3. When was Dark Ghetto published?

4. Who directed the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?

5. Where did Ama Mazama earn her doctorate in linguistics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author define a "behavioral racist"?

2. How does Ibram X. Kendi define "powerless defense"?

3. What did the author learn when he took a prepratory course for the GRE?

4. What are the author's views on standardized testing?

5. What does Brown v. Board of Education refer to?

6. Why did the student-leaders at FAMU direct a silent march in November of 2000?

7. How are racism and capitalism related?

8. How are "space racism" and "space antiracism" defined?

9. What does "Black Lives Matter" refer to?

10. What is a "class racist"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use personal, autobiographical narrative in How to Be an Antiracist? What effects does this form of narrative have? In what ways do the author's personal narratives help to illustrate his thesis points in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What do assimilationism and segregationism mean? How do these terms connect to racism? How do the terms oppose one another? What underlying truths exist in each of these terms?

Essay Topic 3

What connections between racism and capitalism does the author present in How to Be an Antiracist? When were capitalism and racism originated? How were they connected at their origins? How are they connected today?

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