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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. Social policies, said Steele, should be geared toward what?

2. What legislation passed when the black power movement began?

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

4. What group of students did Steele penned often feels inferior?

5. In addition to the students, who did Steele say is responsible for racial conflicts on campus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the double-bind that middle class blacks many times fall victim to, according to Steele.

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

4. How did Steele mention affirmative action can be viewed as a barrier to black progress?

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

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

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

8. Chapter 8 says that blacks use their race in what way?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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