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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 is the founder of Kwanzaa?

2. What seminal work did Molefi Kete Asante publish in 1980?

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

4. When was the National Black Feminist Organization formed?

5. Who wrote The Color Purple?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Common Core State Standards Initiative?

2. Why did the student-leaders at FAMU direct a silent march in November of 2000?

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

4. What does "gender racism" refer to?

5. What does "PTSS" refer to?

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

7. What are some examples of the impacts of colorism described by the author?

8. How does the author define "queer racism" and "queer antiracism"?

9. How is the term "anti-White racist" defined?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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