White Fragility Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Robin DiAngelo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

White Fragility Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Robin DiAngelo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 145 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What specific words do whites use to describe their feelings in the face of being challenged on their racism, as stated in Chapter 8?
(a) Love, acceptance.
(b) Torture, war.
(c) Trauma, anxiety.
(d) Affection, fondness.

2. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?
(a) She says it is possible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(b) She says only people of color can treat everyone the same.
(c) She says it is impossible to teach someone to treat everyone the same.
(d) She says only certain people can be taught to treat everyone the same.

3. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children do not care about race.
(b) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.
(c) White children do not understand race.
(d) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.

4. What did a man of color once tell Diangelo when she asked what it would be like if white people listened and acted according to feedback from people of color?
(a) He said it would be cool.
(b) He said it would be revolutionary.
(c) He said he did not care.
(d) He said it would make no difference.

5. Why can white people not be trusted when it comes to perceptions of race and crime, according to Diangelo?
(a) All white people are racist.
(b) White people are untrustworthy.
(c) White people perceive danger simply by the presence of people of color.
(d) White people do not know much about statistics regarding race and crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did people (post civil rights movement) consider to be racist?

2. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?

3. What is the status of white superiority in relation to white people, as stated in Chapter 8?

4. How did people in the mid-1900s refer to the Northern part of the U.S.?

5. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?

(see the answer key)

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