Systematic Racism Explained Quiz

Other than getting a college education, what is the easiest way to build wealth in America?

• Having a 401k

• Owning a business

• Owning a home

• Having fewer kids

For every $100 of wealth held by a white family, black families have ______:

• $20.18

• $5.04

• $13.46

• $46.07

Currently, public schools in the US are funded by...

• Property taxes

• Personal taxes

• Business taxes

Decades after the Civil War, government agencies began dividing cities into section that were desirable and undesirable. This was known as...

• City planning

• Property distribution

• Geographical relocation

• Redlining

An investigation into the real estate market in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1980's showed...

• Banks were willing to lend equally to white and black families

• Banks were more willing to lend to middle to upper income black families than low income white families

• Banks were more willing to lend to low income white families than middle to upper income black families

• Banks would only lend to black families that were high income

A recent 2017 study confirms that this city and its minority residents are still being affected by redlining.

• Boston

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• Miami

Implicit biases are...

• Prejudices in society that people are not aware that they have

• Personal investments regarding money and wealth

• Prejudices in society that people are aware of and share openly in public

• Prejudices that people are born with and cannot change

True or False:

Resumes with black sounding names get half as many call backs as resumes with white sounding names.

• True

• False

True or False:

The black unemployment rate is three times that of the white unemployment rate today.

• True

• False

Systemic Racism affects the following areas of life in the United States today. (select all that apply)

• Housing/Wealth

• Incarceration rates

• Political respresentation

• Education