What is Race?

When kids asked Nitty “Hey, what are you?” they were referring to her

• race.

• name

• career

• gender

True or False: Race is based in science.

• True

• False

Sammus experienced some confusion as a child because

• people made judgments about her based on stereotypes.

• she was the same race as the people around her, but liked different things.

• she was a different race than the people around her, but liked the same things.

• people told her she shouldn’t tell others that her parents were from another country.

Which of the following is an example of a stereotype affecting someone?

• Miyachi was afraid the other kids wouldn’t think he’s cool because he’s Asian.

• Sammus’s parents spoke a different language.

• Nitty’s dad is black, and her mother is Latina.

• Blake has English ancestors.

Nitty was given a list of races and asked to pick one. She checked the box that said “other” because

• her race was different from that of the person who gave her the list.

• her race was the same as everyone else’s in her class.

• she felt that her race was not on the list.

• she didn’t understand the question.

Which of the following is a way to keep from judging people based on race?

• getting to know people for who they are

• discovering things you have in common with someone who might seem different from you

• sharing with other people the things that make you unique so your friends understand you

• all of the above

Race is a social construct, but

• it still affects people.

• racism does not exist.

• it’s also based in science.

• only our ancestors made judgments based on race.

What is an example used in the song that shows that ideas about race have changed throughout history?

• Nitty didn’t know about race when she was a baby.

• Sammus is proud of the things that make her family unique.

• Miyachi doesn’t want to be called bad names because of his race.

• Blake’s English and Irish ancestors were once considered different races.

Miyachi and Sammus would probably agree that

• if someone is a different race from you, you should treat them differently than you treat others.

• people can be friends even if they like different things and have different habits.

• being the same race as someone means you have a lot in common.

• only people who are exactly the same can be friends.

Which of the following lines from the song most closely means “don’t put me in a certain group?”

• “Don’t use these things, trying to box me in.”

• “The way my hair feels, the color of my skin...”

• “Get to know me, get to know what I’m about.”

• “No one would say Irish and English are different races now.”