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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. In what year did the United States of America annex the Republic of Texas and admit it to the Union as the 28th state?
2. In the antebellum years, free people of mixed race could have up to what percentage of African ancestry and be considered legally white?
3. Barack Obama was born in what year?
4. What refers to a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause?
5. Tatum writes in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity that many Whites' only sense of Whiteness is that it is "normal," but true, positive white identity should be based in what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Tatum's response when white individuals in her seminars present reverse discrimination in regards to affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?
2. In Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development, Tatum addresses what element as drawing together minorities?
3. How does Tatum suggest Whites find redefinition in racial identity in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?
4. How does the author assert whites learn about racism in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 6, The Development of White Identity?
5. What ethnic group is most responsible for a culture of silence according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue? Why?
6. What misconception does the author attempt to clear away in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?
7. What problems does Tatum discuss which can result from the different concepts of affirmative action in Part III, Understanding Whiteness in a White Context, Chapter 7, White Identity and Affirmative Action?
8. What is the author's conclusion about forming racial identity within minority groups in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 8, Critical Issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American Identity Development?
9. What are the costs of a lack of a racial dialogue, according to the author in Part V, Breaking the Silence, Chapter 10, Embracing a Cross-Racial Dialogue?
10. At what age is biracial identity concreted, according to the author in Part IV, Beyond Black and White, Chapter 9, Identity Development in Multiracial Families?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Nation of Islam, Christianity, and other religions and their impact on racial identity development. Why does the author assert black men are drawn to the Nation of Islam?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the origins and history of affirmative action in the United States. When were the first affirmative action goals introduced and by whom?
Essay Topic 3
Describe William Cross and the five stages of "nigrescence." When did Cross develop his theories of racial development?
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