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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the Urban League's 1990 report, "The State of Black America," it stated, "There is at least one concept that must be recognized if one is to see the pervasive and insidious nature of the drug problem for the African American community. Though difficult to accept, that is the concept of" what?
(a) "Poverty."
(b) "Confidentiality."
(c) "Racism."
(d) "Genocide."
2. What are the three major racialized systems of control adopted by the United States toward African Americans, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Slavery, poverty, and educational oppression.
(b) Slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration.
(c) Slavery, economic inequality, and injustice.
(d) Slavery, voting rights, and the War on Drugs.
3. What does "caste" refer to?
(a) A system of dividing society into economic classes.
(b) A system of dividing society into hereditary classes.
(c) A system of dividing society into racial classes.
(d) A system of dividing society into educational classes.
4. What term became ascribed to American Indians as a way of justifying their eradication, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
(a) "Blacks."
(b) "Savages."
(c) "Natives."
(d) "Indians."
5. In her Introduction, the author writes, "The impact of the drug war has been astounding. In less than 30 years, the U.S penal population exploded from around 300,000 to" how many?
(a) "Almost 1 million."
(b) "Nearly 1.5 million."
(c) "More than 3 million."
(d) "More than 2 million."
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose quote opens the section "The Birth of Slavery" in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
2. What group of people is the focus of The New Jim Crow, according to the author in her Introduction?
3. Where did crack cocaine first emerge in poor black neighborhoods in the United States before spreading elsewhere?
4. According to the author in the Introduction, how many people are in prison in the United States per 100,000?
5. The author asserts in the Introduction that one in how many young African American men are currently under the control of the criminal justice system--in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole?
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