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Understanding Whiteness and Racism: A Historical Perspective

Authored by Julia Gonzalez

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Understanding Whiteness and Racism: A Historical Perspective
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What percentage of white Americans supported Martin Luther King's work during his life according to polls?

About 75%

About 20%

About 10%

About 50%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What did the speaker realize about the focus of white media on racial issues?

It often ignored white people's role in racism

It was led by people of color

It focused too much on economic factors

It was completely unbiased

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who is credited with first articulating racist ideas according to historian Ibram X. Kendi?

Marco Polo

King Henry VIII

Christopher Columbus

Gomez Dias Arara

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What realization did the speaker come to about their responsibility regarding racism?

They should educate others but not get involved

They had a responsibility to help end systemic racism

It was not their problem

It was primarily a problem for people of color

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in a society is that cause unfair treatment

Race
Ethnicity
Gender
Minority

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Widely held negative attitudes towards a group and its individual members is:

prejudice
racism
discrimination
stereotype

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What was one reason why whites worked to deny blacks education in the early twentieth century?

To promote racial equality

To maintain economic exploitation

To increase educational funding

To support black entrepreneurship

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