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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 did the author's father study in college?
2. Who said, "'Racist' isn't a descriptive word. It's a pejorative word" (14)?
3. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?
4. On what date did President Bill Clinton state, "Blacks must understand and acknowledge the roots of White fear in America" (86)?
5. Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk in 1903?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does "affirmative action" refer to?
2. What is meant by the term "microaggression"?
3. Why does the author assert that definitions are important?
4. How is "ethnic racism" defined by the author?
5. What, according to the author, is the problem with being "not racist"?
6. What was the Black Power movement?
7. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.
8. How does the author describe his third grade teacher in Chapter 4?
9. How does the author define the terms "racist" and "antiracist"?
10. Who was W.E.B. Du Bois and why is he important?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the topic of suasion. What does this term mean? How is it applied in a racial context? What does "respectability politics" mean and how is it related to suasion?
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
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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