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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is white privilege?
(a) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are against racism.
(b) Certain advanages white people can enjoy if they are racist.
(c) Certain advantages for whites that can still be enjoyed by light-skinned people of color.
(d) Certain advantages that are taken for granted by whites and that cannot be similarly enjoyed by people of color in the same context.

2. What do studies show about people of color in the workplace?
(a) That they are treated as equal to their white counterparts.
(b) That they are discriminated against.
(c) That they are largely unemployed.
(d) That they dominate most professions.

3. What are the two ideologies in Western culture that make exploring cultural frameworks difficult?
(a) Independence and subjectivity.
(b) Patriotism and freedom.
(c) Good and Evil.
(d) Individualism and objectivity.

4. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?
(a) All animals.
(b) All humans.
(c) All women.
(d) All men.

5. What does a person mean when they say they are colorblind?
(a) They can see people of color but only in certain light.
(b) They can only see white people.
(c) They can only see black people.
(d) They do not see color in terms of race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is aversive racism?

2. Why is it problematic to deny a person of color's race, as Diangelo writes in Chapter 3?

3. What does Diangelo say about the state of Western society?

4. Who does Diangelo say can be racist?

5. What triggers white fragility, according to Diangelo?

(see the answer key)

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