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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 are the names of the author's parents?

2. Who was Charles Darwin's half cousin that powered the transatlantic eugenics movement?

3. When was An American Dilemma published?

4. When does the author describe emerging into racial adolescence when his parents took him to a new school in Chapter 3?

5. What middle name did the author's father choose for the author when he was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Human Genome Project?

2. How are denial and racism connected, according to the author in the Introduction?

3. Why does the author prefer the term "racist policy" over "institutional racism" or "systemic racism"?

4. What does "immigrant self-selection" refer to (83)?

5. How are climate change and racist policy relate to one another?

6. How does the author define a "segregationist"?

7. What does Plessy v. Ferguson refer to?

8. What is the "curse theory" regarding racism?

9. What led the author to "protest" in third grade?

10. What was the Black Power movement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author define the term "antiracist"? How is this different from being "not a racist"? How does the author define "racism"? Why are these definitions important?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the term "microaggression." What does this term mean to you? How is it defined by the author? Why does the author oppose this term? What does he replace it with? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss three pop cultural allusions or references in How to Be and Antiracist. What work, song, film, celebrity, or artist is referenced? In what context are they cited? Why does the author use this reference in the book?

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