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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. Steele's view said that vulnerability affects what aspects of black life?
2. How does Steele define the self-descriptions that justify one's fears?
3. What do many blacks say Steele has failed to recognize?
4. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?
5. What does Steele say is one of the downfalls of the 'black identity'?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Steele say he was accused of being inauthentic? How do many blacks say Steele views the priority of the black race? Have other blacks followed in Steele's footsteps? If so, how and why?
2. How did Steele mention individualism is powerful? What did he say it requires people to do? What could be the drawbacks of it?
3. How does Steele define the self-inflicted mindset of anti-self?
4. What tool do blacks use to create a tolerable, false sense of reality, in Steele's estimation?
5. In Steele's opinion, why is the black, underclass group continually expanding?
6. How did Steele say the black students in his classes react to discussions of racism?
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. In line with Steele's experience, how are individualistic blacks received by those who have conformed to the 'black identity'?
9. What caused Steele to experience discrimination in a segregated school?
10. In Chapter 3, how did Steele say blacks deal with racial insecurities?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How did Steele define racial vulnerability? How does it affect the politics, clothing style and dance of blacks? Do blacks generally acknowledge this vulnerability? If so, how? Does racial vulnerability affect the way blacks respond to their problems?
Essay Topic 3
How did Steele say an inferior complex from discrimination leads to aggression and low self-esteem in blacks? How does this mentally and emotionally affect them? How does this mentally and emotionally affect whites?
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