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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. What did Steele say has declined for blacks with respect to whites?
2. What is the oldest formula of aggression, according to Steele?
3. What two adjectives did Steele use to describe his editor?
4. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?
5. What did an old professor of Steele's say?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Steele say race-holding negatively affects the civil rights freedoms won decades ago? What must blacks do to avoid this?
2. As per Steele's philosophy, why do blacks many times avoid opportunities?
3. In Chapter 2, what does Steele say is the biggest hindrance of black progress? How can whites help?
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. How does Steele define the self-inflicted mindset of anti-self?
7. What caused Steele to experience discrimination in a segregated school?
8. In order to explain issues specific to race, Steele said it was necessary for him to understand human universals. What was he talking about?
9. Steele said the 60's were turbulent. What are two of the race related movements that took place in that decade?
10. Steele shared his thought that blacks use themes of re-composition to create black identity. What did he say are these themes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Steele said that integration shock produces a new form of segregation that takes three forms. What are those three forms? Define each form. What did Steele say eradicating these forms of segregation would lead to for blacks?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Steele mentioned the struggle for racial power is really a struggle for innocence. How do whites portray this innocence? How do blacks portray this innocence? Give specific examples mentioned in the book. How do the two racial groups believe the acquisition of innocence would benefit their own races?
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