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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. Why did Steele say affirmative action appears to be fair?

2. After speaking to some of students, what does Steele learn is the true, underlying reason for campus racism?

3. Of the following, what is a factor of white guilt, per Steele's way of thinking?

4. How did Steele define black racial identity throughout the 60's?

5. How does Steele define 'objective correlative'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does emotional vulnerability affect blacks, in Steele's opinion?

2. What did Steele's judgment say is blacks' general response to positive opportunities?

3. Describe the double-bind that middle class blacks many times fall victim to, according to Steele.

4. Did Steele say that racial identity throughout the 60's changed? If so, how?

5. How does Steele believe affirmative action relates to racism?

6. What was the dilemma Steele faced with regard to affirmative action and his children's education?

7. What shift did Steele notice on his college campus with regard to ethnic conflict?

8. 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?

9. What does Steele think encouraged blacks to start the black movement?

10. What are the middle class values that Steele mentioned in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the black power movement? What type of people did Steele say were generally a part of the movement? Did it affect blacks in a positive and / or negative way? How did it affect whites? What about society as a whole? Is the movement still in effect today? If so, in what ways. If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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