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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. When did Harriet Tubman lead the Combahee River slave raid?

2. Who wrote A Study of American Intelligence?

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. When did the FAMU marching band play for Prince at the Super Bowl?

5. Who is the founder of Kwanzaa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are racism and capitalism related?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the author learn when he took a prepratory course for the GRE?

7. What does "PTSS" refer to?

8. What does "gender racism" refer to?

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

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

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

Describe and discuss three major Supreme Court cases involving race and their impacts. What was the subject of the case? What was the outcome of the case? How did the case and its outcome impact the lives of Black and White Americans?

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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