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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 is Steele's view of how whites generally respond to positive opportunities?
2. What is one of the middle class values mentioned in Chapter 6?
3. Steele articulated, whites 'discharging their duties to blacks however they can' is known as what?
4. Chapter 5 said, in terms of race relations, blacks had a choice between two ways to address the issue. What way did the chapter say blacks and whites agreed was best for blacks?
5. What did Steele say is true of white guilt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shift did Steele notice on his college campus with regard to ethnic conflict?
2. Chapter 8 says that blacks use their race in what way?
3. In Steele's mind, what would moving away from racial preference do to the black community with regard to power?
4. As per Steele's viewpoint, how did affirmative action affect blacks and whites differently?
5. What are the middle class values that Steele mentioned in Chapter 6?
6. What does Steele think encouraged blacks to start the black movement?
7. From Steele's experience, how do blacks from the poor class receive middle class blacks?
8. Instead of gearing social policies to racial preference, what did Steele say social policies should be geared toward?
9. In what way did Steele say white guilt could be an effective means of rectifying racial issues?
10. According to Steele, how do objective correlatives affect blacks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
According to Steele, blacks deal with the feeling of powerlessness in two ways: challenging and bargaining. Define what these two terms mean. What is the purpose of taking on these attitudes? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two? Who are some examples mentioned in the book of people who 'challenge or bargain'?
Essay Topic 3
How did Steele define 'objective correlative'? What racial group did he say is surrounded by 'objective correlatives? What do these correlatives produce? What example did Steele give of 'objective correlatives'? How did this example affect civil rights leadership?
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