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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. What university did Tatum attend and describe as a black school that had recently gone co-ed in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

2. What does Tatum define as a system of advantage based on race which restricts access to power and privilege?

3. When was The Negro to Black Conversion Experience published?

4. According to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity, identity is constructed out of two co-evolving processes of observation of the behavior of others and what?

5. Beverly Daniel Tatum earned her PhD in clinical psychology from which university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beverly Tatum claim not to have sat at the "Black table" in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

2. How does Tatum relate prejudice to racism in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism?

3. What analysis of William Cross's does the author describe in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

4. How does the author describe reverse racism in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism?

5. How does Tatum describe her conception of herself regarding race in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 5, Racial Identity in Adulthood?

6. How does the author address the subject of slavery when dealing with children in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

7. How does the author describe the complexity of personal identity in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 2, The Complexity of Identity?

8. Why does the author claim that when addressing racism with children it is important to keep in mind their developmental stage in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 3, The Early Years?

9. When in an individual's life does the impact of racism begin, according to the author in Part I, A Definition of Terms, Chapter 1, Defining Racism? How is it developed?

10. What does the author assert is needed in order to overcome racial prejudices in identity in Part II, Understanding Blackness in a White Context, Chapter 4, Identity Development in Adolescence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the author Beverly Daniel Tatum and the reception of 'Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?': A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity. How has the novel impacted educational techniques and psychology?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the immersion experience and its impact on racial identity development. When and in what ways does the author describe this experience?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss process-oriented and goal-oriented affirmative action as defined in the text. Toward what form of affirmative action does the author appear to lean?

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