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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does aversive racism allow people to do, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that do not let them maintain a positive self-image.
(b) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that let them maintain a positive self-image.
(c) It allows people of color to discriminate against white people.
(d) It allows white people to target certain ethnic groups in any way they please.

2. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) To think that acknowleding racism is racist.
(b) To think that white people can experience racism.
(c) To assume that people of color are unaffected by racism.
(d) To assume that racism is not an issue in society.

3. What limits white people from forming connections across racial lines, according to Diangelo?
(a) Their lack of social awareness.
(b) Their tendency to retreat from the discomfort of authentic racial engagement.
(c) Their tendency to embrace the discomfort of authentic racial engagements.
(d) Their lack of knowledge about racism in American history.

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 make no difference.
(b) He said it would be cool.
(c) He said he did not care.
(d) He said it would be revolutionary.

5. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?
(a) Colorblind racism.
(b) Stereoytpes.
(c) Racial slurs.
(d) Racism in movies and TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo think about the good/bad binary?

2. What does color blindness exempt white people from?

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

4. What does Diangelo state in Chapter 8 that white fragility function as a form of?

5. What does the use of the language by which whites claim to feel unsafe illustrate about white people in relation to racial discourse, according to Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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