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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 many blacks do with positive opportunities?

2. What did Steele say whites did to encourage the black power movement to begin?

3. Steele articulated, whites 'discharging their duties to blacks however they can' is known as what?

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

5. What racial group (s) did Steele point out is surrounded by objective correlatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Steele say the black movement affects race relations?

2. In what way did Steele say white guilt could be an effective means of rectifying racial issues?

3. What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encourage black students to do? How did it affect the black students at Steele's school?

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

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

6. How did Steele say the status change of poor blacks affected the status of middle class blacks?

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

8. How did Steele describe enemy-memory and how did he say it affects oppression?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rather than doing away with insecurity, Steele noted many blacks respond to the anti-self mindset with denial. What do they deny? What is an example of something they would say or do to exhibit this denial?

Essay Topic 2

What are the two attitudes that Steele said people generally take when it comes to affirmative action? Give at least two advantages / disadvantages from each school of thought.

Essay Topic 3

How did Steele define race-fatigue? How did race-fatigue affect Steele and many other blacks? How can race-fatigue be seen as negative by some blacks? How can race-fatigue lead to individuality?

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