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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. According to Steele, what two ways do blacks generally handle the feeling of powerlessness?
2. Dealing with doubt does what for blacks, in Steele's estimation?
3. How did Steele say blacks address doubt?
4. Steele said that blacks do not know how to do what?
5. In what profession is Steele's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tool do blacks use to create a tolerable, false sense of reality, in Steele's estimation?
2. Did Steele say racial discrimination is always used as a fair claim by blacks? Why or why not?
3. In Chapter 1, Steele said the only way to do away with racial problems is for all to move from a racial consciousness to a moral consciousness. What does that mean?
4. Steele articulated, when blacks feel powerless in white society, they deal with it in one of two ways, by challenging or bargaining. Describe what he means by this.
5. In Chapter 3, how did Steele say blacks deal with racial insecurities?
6. Steele said the 60's were turbulent. What are two of the race related movements that took place in that decade?
7. What did Steele mean when he spoke about integration shock? When does it generally occur? Are blacks and whites equally likely to experience it?
8. What is Steele's opinion of the black identity?
9. How did Steele mention individualism is powerful? What did he say it requires people to do? What could be the drawbacks of it?
10. Steele talks about forgetting that he is black while writing this book. What did he mean by that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Steele identified four themes of re-composition. Define the term themes of re-composition. What are the four themes outlined? Describe each theme and characterize how each of them affects blacks.
Essay Topic 2
What are the two attitudes that Steele said people generally take when it comes to affirmative action? Give at least two advantages / disadvantages from each school of thought.
Essay Topic 3
Steele points out that the only way to resolve racial issues is to approach them with moral consciousness rather than racial consciousness. What is moral consciousness? What is racial consciousness? What type of 'consciousness' did Steele say blacks had until the early 60's? What was their 'consciousness' from the late 60's to the 70's? What effect did this have on blacks?
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