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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 was the Latinx immigrant population in the U.S. in 2000?
2. In 2015, what percentage of people killed by police were Black, according to the author in Chapter 6?
3. What are the names of the author's parents?
4. Where was the school that the author's parents took him to visit, as described in the narrative in Chapter 3?
5. Who signed the Immigration Act of 1924 into law?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does "eugenics" refer to?
2. Why does the author no longer use the term "microaggression" anymore?
3. How does the author dispute the idea that "African chiefs" sold their "own people" (74)?
4. How does the author define the terms "racist" and "antiracist"?
5. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois and why is he important?
6. Why does the author assert that definitions are important?
7. What, according to the author, is the problem with being "not racist"?
8. What are the origins of ethnic racism, according to the author?
9. How is "racial inequity" defined by the author?
10. How are the terms "bodily racist" and "bodily antiracist" defined?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the structure of How to Be an Antiracist. How and where in the book does the author present his thesis statement? How is the thesis supported? Where is the author's conclusion and what is his conclusion?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's journey to become an antiracist. What are some of the failings that the author discusses along this journey? How did Kendi overcome these failings? What struggles does the author face today?
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