colourism quizz

Colourism is

• Americans came up with this belief

• Preference for light coloured skin over dark skin

• Something I invented

• Discrimination based on gender

Human beings get their skin colour from

• Melanin

• Milk and cookies

• From the Sun- depends where they stay

• From the water they drink

A person with higher melanin is likely to be-

• Fairer

• Fatter

• Darker

• More talkative

When we talk about colourism we say

• Tigers and cats

• Black and White

• Fair skin and dark skin

• Americans and Africans

Overt colourism is when it is obvious to the person that they are treated badly for their skin colour

• True

• False

Covert colourism is when the person does not know the reason for they someone is treating them badly.

• True

• False

A consequence is:

• An event that takes place

• A reason for something to happen

• A cake

• The result of an event that takes place

Bias is to have a narrow view of a person based on some existing ideas in society

• True

• False

Colourism does not have any effect on people's confidence levels

• True

• False

What is intersectionality

• When only one aspect of identity defines the person

• When we are fat and thin

• When we interact with other people

• Aspects of identity together create advantages or disadvantages