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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 whites did to encourage the black power movement to begin?
2. What did Steele say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged blacks to do?
3. What did Steele mention that black power produces?
4. In Chapter 8, how did Steele say blacks 'use' their race?
5. How did Steele say affirmative action be seen as a barrier to blacks?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Steele's mind, what would moving away from racial preference do to the black community with regard to power?
3. What shift did Steele notice on his college campus with regard to ethnic conflict?
4. How does emotional vulnerability affect blacks, in Steele's opinion?
5. What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encourage black students to do? How did it affect the black students at Steele's school?
6. What did Steele's judgment say is blacks' general response to positive opportunities?
7. How did Steele mention affirmative action can be viewed as a barrier to black progress?
8. In what way did Steele say white guilt could be an effective means of rectifying racial issues?
9. What was the dilemma Steele faced with regard to affirmative action and his children's education?
10. What is one association that Steele said blacks need to avoid?
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
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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