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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does racism occur?
(a) When a racial group’s prejudice is backed by legal authority and institutional control.
(b) When someone perpetuates racist stereotypes.
(c) When someone uses a racial slur.
(d) When white kids make fun of children of color.

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

3. What does research say about children and race?
(a) White children develop a sense of superiority as early as preschool.
(b) White children believe themselves to be less than their person of color peers.
(c) White children do not care about race.
(d) White children do not understand race.

4. Where does white supremacy draw much of its power?
(a) From white people.
(b) From people of color.
(c) From its invisibility.
(d) From its visibility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Diangelo write has prejudice?

2. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

3. What is white privilege?

4. Who is Robin Diangelo?

5. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?

(see the answer key)

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