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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?
(a) I Had a Nightmare.
(b) I Have an Idea.
(c) I Had a Dream.
(d) I Was Thinking Last Night.

2. What is aversive racism?
(a) A manifestation of racism that only people who are bad and immoral are likely to exhibit.
(b) Racism that only affects certain ethnic groups.
(c) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.
(d) Reverse racism.

3. Historically, who is allowed to assimilate in the U.S.?
(a) Italian immigrants.
(b) Asian immigrants.
(c) African immigrants.
(d) Irish immigrants.

4. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?
(a) A small idea that got bigger and bigger over time.
(b) Both good and bad intentions.
(c) Bad intentions.
(d) Good intentions.

5. What is new racism?
(a) The ways that racism shows itself in the younger generations.
(b) New racist slurs.
(c) The ways that racism shows itself in social media.
(d) A term used to capture the ways in which racism has adapted over time so that modern norms and practices result in similar racial outcomes as those in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is white people's general definition of racism, according to Diangelo?

2. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?

3. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

4. What is white privilege?

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

(see the answer key)

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