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Black Cool: Exploring African American Identity and Cultural Expressions, Quizzes of African American History

Various aspects of african american identity and cultural expressions as discussed in the book 'black cool' by contributors henry louis gates, jr., rebecca walker, dream hampton, mat johnson, rachel harper, helena andrews, dayo olopade, valorie thomas, and bell hooks. Topics include the persistence of african traditions, the challenges of expressing oneself publicly as a 'black geek', the use of masks as metaphors, the concept of 'the breaks' in music and culture, and the complex relationship between black cool and black death.

Typology: Quizzes

2013/2014

Uploaded on 12/04/2014

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TERM 1
True or False: According to Henry Louis Gates,
Jr. in Black Cool, anti-black racism is no longer
an issue for the vast majority of African
Americans
DEFINITION 1
False
TERM 2
Rebecca Walker discusses the various
manifestations of African traditions in
contemporary African American cultural
expression. Which activity did she take part in
as a youth that had connections to the Mende
people of Sierra Leon?
DEFINITION 2
Nightly baths with coconut oils and amber potions in
cleansing waters
TERM 3
Before publishing the story in Black Cool, why
was dream hampton hesitant to recount her
experience of almost being raped?
DEFINITION 3
She had survivor's guilt and didn't want other women to feel
that their rapes were in any way their fault andshe held deep
hatred for her brother and his friend Bo who did nothing
while she was being attacked
TERM 4
According to Mat Johnson in Black Cool, what
makes it difficult for many Black "geeks" to
express themselves publicly?
DEFINITION 4
African American identity was forged in an environment of
the external violence of white supremacy and therefore it
had to become rigid or it would be useless and those who
rejected the perceived identity of Blackness can be seen as
rejecting the whole of black worth itself
TERM 5
What type of art did Rachel Harper's father
create?
DEFINITION 5
Poet
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True or False: According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Black Cool, anti-black racism is no longer an issue for the vast majority of African Americans False TERM 2 Rebecca Walker discusses the various manifestations of African traditions in contemporary African American cultural expression. Which activity did she take part in as a youth that had connections to the Mende people of Sierra Leon? DEFINITION 2 Nightly baths with coconut oils and amber potions in cleansing waters TERM 3 Before publishing the story in Black Cool, why was dream hampton hesitant to recount her experience of almost being raped? DEFINITION 3 She had survivor's guilt and didn't want other women to feel that their rapes were in any way their fault andshe held deep hatred for her brother and his friend Bo who did nothing while she was being attacked TERM 4 According to Mat Johnson in Black Cool, what makes it difficult for many Black "geeks" to express themselves publicly? DEFINITION 4 African American identity was forged in an environment of the external violence of white supremacy and therefore it had to become rigid or it would be useless and those who rejected the perceived identity of Blackness can be seen as rejecting the whole of black worth itself TERM 5 What type of art did Rachel Harper's father create? DEFINITION 5 Poet

Rachel Harper and Helena Andrews both assert that in order for Black people to survive in the United States all these years, they had to ______________ hide their true feelings by wearing metaphorical masks TERM 7 What is the name for the masks worn by Yoruba women that serves as a metaphor for Helena Andrews in Black Cool? DEFINITION 7 Oloju foforo TERM 8 True or False: According to Dayo Olopade, when people of African descent become "hipsters," they are invariably re- appropriating aspects of Black cool? DEFINITION 8 True TERM 9 Identify the various ways that Valorie Thomas describes "the breaks" in her essay in Black Cool DEFINITION 9 As a point in a song where the accompanying music stops for an extended drum interlude or improve and alsoas an African pattern that activates double vision, double voicing, and cross-rhythms that challenge the status quo TERM 10 True or False: In Black Cool, Michaela angela Davis argues that protecting Black culture from appropriation is an ongoing struggle that should include forms of revolutionary violence if necessary DEFINITION 10 False