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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 is the Supreme Court's stance on racial preferences?

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

3. In what year did the black power movement begin to rise?

4. According to Steele, what do children generally notice first when they are matched up with children from other parts of the country or world?

5. What did Steele say he noticed on his college campus with regard to ethnic conflict?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Steele say whites use 'escapism'?

6. What is one association that Steele said blacks need to avoid?

7. 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?

8. As per Steele's viewpoint, how did affirmative action affect blacks and whites differently?

9. What did Steele say are the two factors that make up white guilt?

10. Instead of gearing social policies to racial preference, what did Steele say social policies should be geared toward?

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

What is integration shock, according to Steele? How does race-fatigue lead to integration shock? How do blacks' attitude change with regard to racism? How does this attitude about racism lead to race-holding? Are whites just as susceptible to integration shock as blacks? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What is the response that Steele notes when he spoke to white students about campus racial tension? What do their responses reveal about their internal feelings of race relations?

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