Stamped: Anti-Racist Key Terms

An antiracist idea is one that suggests that racial groups are _____.

• injust

• equal

• similar

• different

Which TWO groups believe that Black people are inferior to white people?

• assimilationists

• antiracists

• segregationists

• legislators

_______ believe that racism is the problem that needs to be changed, not Black people.

• Antiracists

• Assimilationists

• Segregationists

• Black people

A _____ idea is any that suggests something is wrong or right, superior or inferior, better or worse about a racial group.

• antiracist

• counter-cultural

• equitable

• racist

The first step in building an antiracist society is:

• Understanding what is racist and what is not

• Calling out others' ignorant believes

• Acknowledging its racist history

• Studying slavery

"You see the racist policies of slavery arrive first and then racist ideas follow to justify slavery" (xiv). In this sentence, justify means...?

• attempt to show that something is/was right

• studying the past

• legislating to overturn slavery

• creating confusion among the North and South

Which of these is not an example of a racial inequity?

• Black people are killed by cops at a higher rate.

• Black people make up 40% of the prison population.

• Black wealth is concentrated in the sports industry

• Black people were denied voting rights until the 1960s.

______ believe that Black people cannot be changed for the better.

______ believe that Black people can and should be changed for the better.

______ believe there is nothing wrong or right about Black people and everything wrong with racism.