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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately what percentage of the U.S. population does the author assert Black people comprise?
(a) 22%
(b) 13%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 16%.

2. Who said in 1995, "It isn't racist for Whites to say they don't understand why people put up with gangs on the corner or in the projects or with drugs being sold in the schools or in the open" (113)?
(a) Edward Byron Reuter.
(b) Eric Holder.
(c) Reverend Jamie Johnson.
(d) Bill Clinton.

3. When was the term "colorism" coined?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1969.

4. Who did the author's ancestor Eliza marry?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Jack.
(c) Robert.
(d) Andrew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's family move to in Virginia after leaving New York City?

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)?

3. Who wrote the manifesto The Spook Who Sat by the Door?

4. What does the author assert is "the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations" (14) in the Introduction?

5. When did Peter Brown write a book that leaned on his human hair collection to classify hair and stated, "The hair of the white man is more perfect than that of the Negro" (141)?

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