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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was socially acceptable for whites to do before the civil rights movement?
(a) To socialize with people of color.
(b) To attend historically black colleges.
(c) To openly proclaim their belief in their racial superiority.
(d) To live in white neighborhoods.

2. What does color blindness exempt white people from?
(a) From seeming racist.
(b) From being considered white.
(c) From responsibility or participation in the problem.
(d) From making close connections with people of color.

3. What does it mean to be perceived as white?
(a) It grants certain social rights and privileges that are denied to others.
(b) It means people will assume you cannot dance.
(c) It grants certain social rights that are also enjoyed by people of color.
(d) It means people expect you to be racist.

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

5. What do white people seldom find themselves without, according to Michelle Fine?
(a) Racial bias.
(b) Chapstick.
(c) The privilege of protection.
(d) Sunblock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might progressive whites respond in racism workshops like the ones Diangelo leads?

2. What happens when disquilibrium occurs, as stated in Chapter 7?

3. What does white people's moral objection to racism increase, according to Diangelo?

4. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

5. What professional fields do white people dominate in Western society?

(see the answer key)

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