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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does the author prefer to replace "microaggressions" (58)?
(a) Systemic racism.
(b) Institutional racism.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Discrimination.

2. Who warned in 1995, "Most inner-city children grow up surrounded by teenagers and adults who are themselves deviant, delinquent or criminal. A new generation of street criminals is upon us--the youngest, biggest and baddest generation any society has ever known" (94)?
(a) John J. DiIulio.
(b) Robert Park.
(c) Chester Pierce.
(d) Isaac La Peyrere.

3. When did a bipartisan group of White legislators introduce the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, according to the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1995.

4. Who wrote The Color Purple?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Kenneth Clark.
(c) Havelock Ellis.
(d) Oscar Lewis.

5. When was Dark Ghetto published?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Scottsboro Boys falsely accused of raping two Alabama White women?

2. What was the Latinx immigrant population in the U.S. in 2000?

3. Who was Charles Darwin's half cousin that powered the transatlantic eugenics movement?

4. Where did Ama Mazama earn her doctorate in linguistics?

5. In the presidential election in 2000, how many ballots were invalidated by Florida election officials?

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