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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 mention school campuses mainly focus on in terms of the students?
2. What did Steele say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged blacks to do?
3. Being torn between middle class values and racial identity and excuses for bad behavior is defined as what by Steele?
4. In Chapter 8, how did Steele say blacks 'use' their race?
5. To what did Steele say affirmative action has transformed equality?
Short Essay Questions
1. As per Steele's viewpoint, how did affirmative action affect blacks and whites differently?
2. According to Steele, how do objective correlatives affect blacks?
3. Growing up in the middle class, was Steele viewed differently from the way middle class were generally viewed? What term was given to the middle class?
4. How did Steele mention affirmative action can be viewed as a barrier to black progress?
5. What are the middle class values that Steele mentioned in Chapter 6?
6. What is one association that Steele said blacks need to avoid?
7. How did Steele say whites use 'escapism'?
8. In Steele's mind, what would moving away from racial preference do to the black community with regard to power?
9. How did Steele say the status change of poor blacks affected the status of middle class blacks?
10. Chapter 8 says that blacks use their race in what way?
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
What did Steele say about the race relations conversation between opposing views? How does it help aid the negative issues of race relations? How does it hinder the progress of moving beyond the negative issues of race relations?
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