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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

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 uses a racial slur.
(c) When white kids make fun of children of color.
(d) When someone perpetuates racist stereotypes.

2. What does Diangelo say of race relations?
(a) They are profoundly complex.
(b) Only white people understand them.
(c) They are profoundly simple.
(d) Only people of color understand them.

3. How does Diangelo define a white progressive?
(a) Any white person who marched in the sixties.
(b) Any white person who thinks they are racist.
(c) Any white person who does not see color.
(d) Any white person who thinks they are not racist.

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

5. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?
(a) That it is desirable.
(b) That is is abnormal and not considered the standard.
(c) That it is normal and the standard for human.
(d) That it is unwanted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is pounding their fist in the first anecdote of the book?

2. What happens to whites who are against racism?

3. What does the system of racism begin with?

4. What is race?

5. What kinds of audiences does Diangelo primarily lead?

(see the answer key)

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