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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 popularized the term "homosexual" in Studies in the Psychology of Sex in 1897?
2. What Washington, D.C. prosecutor asked at an MLK birthday celebration in 1995, "Did Martin Luther King successfully fight the likes of Bull Connor so that we could ultimately lose the struggle for civil rights to misguided or malicious members of our own race" (113)?
3. When did Peter Brown write a book that leaned on his human hair collection to classify hair and stated, "The hair of the white man is more perfect than that of the Negro" (141)?
4. What percentage of Black children born into single-parent homes did Charles Murray claim we had reached in 1994?
5. What was the Black poverty rate in 2017, according to the author in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author define "queer racism" and "queer antiracism"?
2. What did the author learn when he took a prepratory course for the GRE?
3. What does "PTSS" refer to?
4. How does the author define "colorism"?
5. What does "Black Lives Matter" refer to?
6. Why did the student-leaders at FAMU direct a silent march in November of 2000?
7. How does Ibram X. Kendi define "powerless defense"?
8. What is a "class racist"?
9. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?
10. How are racism and capitalism related?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author define the term "antiracist"? How is this different from being "not a racist"? How does the author define "racism"? Why are these definitions important?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss three pop cultural allusions or references in How to Be and Antiracist. What work, song, film, celebrity, or artist is referenced? In what context are they cited? Why does the author use this reference in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the life of Prince Henry the Navigator. What was Prince Henry's role in the establishment of the slave trade? How did Prince Henry contribute to the origins of capitalism? What connection does the author have to Prince Henry?
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