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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As written in Chapter 8, what is one way whites protect their positions when challenged on race?
(a) Start crying.
(b) Invoke the discourse of self-defense.
(c) Stop engaging in race talk.
(d) Do some research about race and racism.

3. 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) Torture, war.
(b) Trauma, anxiety.
(c) Affection, fondness.
(d) Love, acceptance.

4. How does the good/bad binary affect the average white person, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?
(a) It makes white people very angry.
(b) It makes it very easy for them to interpret and understand racism.
(c) It makes it very hard for them to understand and interpret racism.
(d) It makes white people very sad.

5. How does the good/bad binary affect race talk, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?
(a) It makes it impossible to talk to white people about racism.
(b) It makes it pleasurable to talk to white people about racism.
(c) It makes it difficult to talk to people of color about racism.
(d) It makes it easy to talk to white people about racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was socially acceptable for whites to do before the civil rights movement?

2. What is white fragility much more than, according to Diangelo?

3. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?

4. Whose actions, usually unintended, work to reproduce white supremacy, according to Diangelo?

5. What is new racism?

(see the answer key)

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