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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does race have a hand in shaping?
(a) White people only.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Race does not shape people.
(d) People of color only.

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

3. What does research in implicit bias show about perceptions of crime?
(a) Research shows that perceptions of criminal activity are influenced by race.
(b) Research shows that white people make up the majority of criminals.
(c) Research shows that people of color make up the majority of criminals.
(d) Research shows that perceptions of criminal activity are not influenced by race.

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

5. 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 care about race.
(c) White children do not understand race.
(d) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diangelo hear from white people about racism at her workshops?

2. How do whites characterize themselves in the discourse of self-defense, according to Diangelo?

3. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?

4. What does the term "race talk" imply?

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

(see the answer key)

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