Racism and Law Enforcement Study Guide

Research shows that African American people are ___________ times more likely to be killed by police than white people.

• 3.5

• 1.5

• 4.5

• 2.5

On ____________, George Floyd, an African American man, was killed while being arrested by the police

• March 25,2020

• May 25, 2020

• May 15, 2020

• March 10,2020

Many see Floyd’s death as an example of

• Individual Racism

• Systemic Racism

• Violent Racism

• Religious Racism

Racism is defined as .....

• Throwing a tantrum and refusing to concede because you lost an election

• Organizing a rally to protest injustice in your country

• Helping a neighbor raise money to pay their hospital bills.

• “the marginalization and/or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges white people."

Housing Segregation is a form of _______________

• Genocide

• Systemic Discrimination

• Biased Attitudes

An example of Biased Attitudes in The Pyramid of Hate is______

• Stereotyping

• Yelling

• Smoking

____________is the highest level of the Pyramid of Hate

An act or intent to systematically and deliberately annihilate (wipe out/destroy) an entire people

• Massacre

• Murder

• Genocide

In the Pyramid of Hate, ARSON would be considered?

• Biased Attitudes

• Systemic Discrimination

• Biased-Motivated Violence

Black girls are __________likely to be suspended from school that white girls

• Less

• More

• Even