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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what common phrase do white people claim to value diversity?
(a) "I listen to all kinds of music."
(b) "I love all races."
(c) "I don't see color."
(d) "I know people of color."

2. Who did people (post civil rights movement) consider to be racist?
(a) Old, uneducated Southern whites.
(b) Young whites in the north.
(c) Old, uneducated white Northerners.
(d) Young whites in the south.

3. What is discrimination?
(a) Perpetuating stereotypes.
(b) Theory based prejudice.
(c) Using racial slurs.
(d) Action based prejudice.

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

5. What does Diangelo not have to deal with in the workplace?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Classism.
(c) Racism.
(d) Homophobia.

6. Why is the past considered an ideal time for whites, as stated in Chapter 4?
(a) Because the music was better.
(b) Because nobody cared about racism yet.
(c) Because people of color did not exist yet.
(d) Because racism went largely unchallenged.

7. What happens to whites who are against racism?
(a) Their white privileges are revoked.
(b) They have more friends of color.
(c) They go to historically black colleges.
(d) They still benefit from a system that privileges whites.

8. 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.

9. Does Diangelo think racism has adapted over time?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) She think it both has and has not.
(d) She does not mention time in relation to racism.

10. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?
(a) Stereoytpes.
(b) Racial slurs.
(c) Colorblind racism.
(d) Racism in movies and TV.

11. What does aversive racism allow people to do, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) It allows white people to target certain ethnic groups in any way they please.
(b) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that let them maintain a positive self-image.
(c) It allows people to enact in racism in ways that do not let them maintain a positive self-image.
(d) It allows people of color to discriminate against white people.

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

13. What does Diangelo say about race in relation to time and place?
(a) Race has nothing to do with any specific time or place.
(b) Race is highly adaptive.
(c) Race is not very adaptive.
(d) Race related issues were only important in 1960s America.

14. 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.

15. How did people in the mid-1900s refer to the Northern part of the U.S.?
(a) "The Bad North."
(b) "The Great North."
(c) "The Enlightened North."
(d) "The Old North."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the birdcage metaphor describe?

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

3. Who is Robin Diangelo?

4. What is ideology?

5. What does research say about children and race?

(see the answer keys)

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