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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. When did the author's father join Floyd H. Flake's ministerial staff?
2. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?
3. Who said in 1965, "You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, 'You are free to compete with all the others,' and still justly believe that you have been completely fair" (26)?
4. Who wrote Men Before Adam in 1655?
5. Who stated, "The blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to whites in the endowments both of body and mind" (27)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe entering "racial puberty" in Chapter 3?
2. What does "immigrant self-selection" refer to (83)?
3. What is an "assimilationist"?
4. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?
5. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?
6. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.
7. What led the author to "protest" in third grade?
8. How is "ethnic racism" defined by the author?
9. Who was Henry the Navigator and why does the author discuss him?
10. How is "racial inequity" defined by the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does double consciousness refer to in terms of race and racism? Who coined this term? When? What examples of double consciousness does the author provide? How do you relate to double consciousness?
Essay Topic 2
What do assimilationism and segregationism mean? How do these terms connect to racism? How do the terms oppose one another? What underlying truths exist in each of these terms?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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