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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 wrote Dark Ghetto?

2. When was The Negro a Beast published?

3. What are the offspring of the conjoined twins of racism and capitalism that threaten to kill them and all of us off, according to the author in Chapter 12?

4. Who wrote The Color Purple?

5. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "intersectionality"?

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

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

4. What does "Black Lives Matter" refer to?

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

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

7. What does "gender racism" refer to?

8. How are "space racism" and "space antiracism" defined?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define and discuss cultural racism. How does the author define cultural racism and cultural antiracism? How does cultural racism differ from class, bodily, or space racism? How do you relate to cultural racism? What are some examples of this idea provided by the author?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the topic of suasion. What does this term mean? How is it applied in a racial context? What does "respectability politics" mean and how is it related to suasion?

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