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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1993, what percentage of urban residents reported being victims of violent crime in the U.S.?
(a) 3%.
(b) 9%.
(c) 7.4%.
(d) 43%.

2. What U.S. senator told his colleagues in 1903, "The poor African has become a fiend, a wild beast, seeking whom he may devour" (87)?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Isaac La Peyrere.
(c) Benjamin Tillman.
(d) Robert Park.

3. When was the term "microaggression" coined?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1960.

4. Who wrote in 1978, "In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently" (26)?
(a) Harry Blackmun.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) James Cone.
(d) Addison Gayle Jr.

5. Who coined the term "microaggression"?
(a) Chester Pierce.
(b) Gunnar Myrdal.
(c) Thomas Dixon.
(d) Francis Galton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of White families lived in owner-occupied homes in 2014?

2. Who wrote in The War On Cops, "The core criminal-justice population is the black underclass" (87)?

3. What case before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized Jim Crow segregation in 1896?

4. What was the approximate uninsured rate of African Americans and Latinx Americans when President Barack Obama left office?

5. What is the author's current middle name?

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