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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diangelo say about the state of Western society?
(a) Only people of color care about race.
(b) It is very much equal by race.
(c) It is deeply separate and unequal by race.
(d) Only white people care about race.

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

3. Who uses the term "white racial bonding" to describe how white people work together to remain complicit in the fight against racism?
(a) Robin Deangelo.
(b) Education researcher Christine Sleeter.
(c) Writer Toni Morrison.
(d) Martin Luther King Jr.

4. What is habitus?
(a) A person's home.
(b) A person way of interacting with social groups.
(c) A person's innermost thoughts and feelings.
(d) A person's familiar ways of perceiving and interpreting social cues.

5. Who does race have a hand in shaping?
(a) People of color only.
(b) Race does not shape people.
(c) White people only.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is color celebrate?

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

3. How does the good/bad binary affect the average white person, according to Diangelo in Chapter 5?

4. Why can white people not be trusted when it comes to perceptions of race and crime, according to Diangelo?

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

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