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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 case before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized Jim Crow segregation in 1896?

2. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?

3. When did the author's mother celebrate her 31st birthday?

4. Who wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?

5. Who wrote the 2014 book A Troublesome Inheritance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe his third grade teacher in Chapter 4?

2. Who was Henry the Navigator and why does the author discuss him?

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

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

5. How does healthcare relate to racist policy?

6. What is meant by the term "microaggression"?

7. What are the origins of ethnic racism, according to the author?

8. How is "racial inequity" defined by the author?

9. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?

10. How does the author define the terms "racist" and "antiracist"?

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

Define and discuss bodily racism and bodily antiracism. How are these terms defined by the author? How does bodily racism differ from cultural, class, or space racism? How do you relate to bodily racism?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the speech that the author describes giving in the Introduction. What were the main points in the speech? Why does the author feel shame about the speech? How was the speech received? Why does the author include this story in the book?

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