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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the good/bad binary?
(a) It is a concept that makes racism seem simplistic.
(b) It is a concept that makes racism seem normal.
(c) It is a concept that makes racism more tolerable for people of color.
(d) It is a concept that makes racism seem complex.

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

3. What is the concept of the melting pot?
(a) The idea that America is an amalgamation of all different cultures.
(b) The idea that global warming harms the US the most.
(c) The idea that global warming has an impact on race talk.
(d) The idea that America is for white people only.

4. What does "white flight" refer to?
(a) The phenomenon of white families fleeing neighborhoods to escape to the suburbs and avoid the influx of people of color.
(b) White people trying to justify their own racism.
(c) When Amelia Earhart flew a plane over the Pacific Ocean.
(d) The phenomenon of white people moving into neighborhoods mostly occupie by people of color.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What racial groups are stopped by police more than any other?

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

3. Why is talking about race and racism in general terms constructive for whites, according to Diangelo in Chapter 6?

4. When does racism occur?

5. What does color blindness exempt white people from?

(see the answer key)

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