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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Diangelo, white fragility can be understood as what?
(a) A natural part of life.
(b) Fine in moderation.
(c) The sociology of dominance.
(d) Something only bad white people exhibit.

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

3. According to Diangelo, what tends to happen when people of color give white people feedback on their racist actions?
(a) It does not go over well.
(b) Sometimes it goes well, sometimes it does not.
(c) It usually goes over well.
(d) People of color never confront white people.

4. How do whites characterize themselves in the discourse of self-defense, according to Diangelo?
(a) As heroes.
(b) As victims.
(c) As allies.
(d) As sidekicks.

5. According to Diangelo, what does it mean to deny a person of color's race?
(a) It means to deny that they are human.
(b) It means to deny that they are not white.
(c) It means to deny their ancestry.
(d) It means to deny their reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can white people not be trusted when it comes to perceptions of race and crime, according to Diangelo?

2. What does Diangelo think about treating everyone the same, regardless of race?

3. What happens when whites employ terms that connote physical violence to describe their feelings toward being challenged, as stated in Chapter 8?

4. Who said, "if privilege is defined as a legitimization of one’s entitlement to resources, it can also be defined as permission to escape or avoid any challenges to this entitlement” (112).

5. What does research in implicit bias show about perceptions of crime?

(see the answer key)

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