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.

(a)   believe that Black people cannot be changed for the better.

(a)   believe that Black people can and should be changed for the better.

(a)   believe there is nothing wrong or right about Black people and everything wrong with racism.