In a 1970s essay with the provocative title of “Why Blacks Don’t Read Science Fiction,” the late African American writer Charles R. Saunders reflected _________ on the prevalence of anti-Blackness in the genre. Although white American science-fiction writers “were capable of stretching their imaginations to the point of conceptualizing aliens with sympathetic qualities,” he mused, “a black man or woman in a spacesuit was an image beyond the limits of [their] imaginations. If blacks appeared at all in the pages of the science fiction pulp magazines, they were presented as offensive ‘darkie' stereotypes."3Mark for ReviewMCQABCWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?AcriticallyBoptimisticallyCnostalgicallyDdismissively

The belief that it is harmful to the Black community for authors to explore the humanity of our leaders can have troubling effects. At the least, it promotes the belief that our heroes have to be perfect to be useful. At worst, it censors our full investigation of Black life. If our paintings of that life are stock and cramped, their colors drab and predictable, the representations of our culture are likely to be untrue. They will not capture the breadth and complexity of Black identity. This implies that ______13 Mark For Review13Which choice most logically completes the text?A) the general public has been scrutinizing Black leaders through a lens of excessive sentimentality. B) Black leaders have occasionally been depicted as individuals of profound complexity.C) the portrayal of Black leaders has, at times, positioned them as above reproach.D) the depiction of Black leaders has occasionally described them as enigmatic and beyond comprehension.

His book, The Fire Next Time, expressed the growing anger African Americans felt regarding American society in the 1960s.*

“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” is a 1926 essay by Langston Hughes. The essay suggests that Black writers should embrace their racial identity, since doing otherwise would be being dishonest to themselves, which would render them unable to create powerful art: -------Which quotation from “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” most effectively illustrates the claim? “But then there are the low-down folks, the so-called common element, and they are the majority.” eliminate“And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.”eliminate“The road for the serious black artist, then, who would produce a racial art is most certainly rocky and the mountain is high.”eliminate“An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.”

Floyd McKissick wrote in September 1966, that the "significance of 'Black Power' is that for once, black people are going to use the words they want to use - not just the words whites want to hear." True False

Question 9 of 10What was the reaction of the NAACP and other African American groups to "blaxploitation" films of the 1970s?A.They opposed them because the screenplays were written by whites instead of African Americans.B.They opposed them because the films reinforced negative stereotypes about Blacks.C.They favored them because the films cost a lot of money to produce.D.They favored them because the films resulted in a number of Black actors being employed