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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 directed the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?

2. When was Alexander Crummell's American Negro Academy founded?

3. What was the Black poverty rate in 2017, according to the author in Chapter 12?

4. When was The Plantation Negro as a Freeman published?

5. In 1930, how much money did segregationist Alabama spend for each White student in public schools?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song about?

2. How does the author define "colorism"?

3. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?

4. When and where did capitalism emerge, according to the author?

5. How does the author define a "behavioral racist"?

6. What does "gender racism" refer to?

7. Where did the author move when he began his studies at Temple University? Why?

8. What are the author's views on standardized testing?

9. What does Brown v. Board of Education refer to?

10. How does Ibram X. Kendi define "powerless defense"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three examples of metaphors in How to Be an Antiracist. What overall metaphor does the author use for racism in the final chapters of the book? How did this metaphor develop? How does the metaphor apply to how we should approach the topic of racism?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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