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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 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) Reverse racism.
(d) A manifestation of racism that well-intentioned people who see themselves as educated are more likely to exhibit.

2. What is a common white response to race issues in the name of color blindness, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) To assume that racism is not an issue in society.
(b) To assume that people of color are unaffected by racism.
(c) To think that acknowleding racism is racist.
(d) To think that white people can experience racism.

3. What, according to Diangelo, do white people need to understand in order to understand white fragility?
(a) The forces of socialization.
(b) Pyschology.
(c) American history.
(d) Good vs. Evil.

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

5. Who is Robin Diangelo?
(a) A Native American woman.
(b) A black woman.
(c) An Asian woman.
(d) A white woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?

2. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?

3. What is the general understanding of whiteness, as defined in Chapter 2?

4. What does Diangelo write that color blind ideology start out with?

5. What is race?

(see the answer key)

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