Understanding Whiteness and Racism: A Historical Perspective

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%

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

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

• Marco Polo

• King Henry VIII

• Christopher Columbus

• Gomez Dias Arara

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

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

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

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

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

Which of the following is an example of systemic racism?

• An individual racist person refusing to hire someone based on the color of their skin.

• A company only recruiting from predominately white communities.

• A person making a racist joke to their friend at work.

• An individual expressing a racist idea on social media.

The belief that race determines a person's traits or capabilities

• racism

• exploit

• indigenous

• imperialism

A group of people who share a distinct culture, language, and identity

• Sultanate

• Ethnic Group

• Crucial

• Indochina