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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. Who said in 1980, "We have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing and to handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate. But we have no patterns for relating across our human differences as equals" (30)?
2. Who wrote Black Theology and Black Power in 1969?
3. By how many votes did Donald Trump win the state of Wisconsin in the 2016 election?
4. According to the author, how much longer do White Americans live over their Black counterparts?
5. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is a "biological racist" defined by the author?
2. How does the author define the terms "racist" and "antiracist"?
3. Why was the author giving a speech in the scenario he described in the Introduction? What was the speech about?
4. How are climate change and racist policy relate to one another?
5. What was the Black Power movement?
6. What led the author to "protest" in third grade?
7. Why does the author assert that definitions are important?
8. Describe the racial inequity of the U.S. prison population.
9. What does "immigrant self-selection" refer to (83)?
10. What is an "assimilationist"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss three allusions or references to literature in How to Be an Antiracist. What work is cited or referenced? Who wrote this work? What ideas did the work promote? Why does the author discuss this work in the book?
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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