Structural Racism Quiz

What is structural racism?

• A type of racism that occurs at individual and interpersonal levels.

• A system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work in various, often reinforcing ways to perpetuate racial group inequity.

• A form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions.

• Racism that is only expressed through personal prejudice and discriminatory actions.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which policy is specifically designed to address structural racism in education?

• No Child Left Behind Act

• Affordable Care Act

• Every Student Succeeds Act

• Fair Housing Act

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

How does structural racism impact population health?

• By limiting access to healthcare based on race.

• By influencing social determinants of health such as housing, education, and employment opportunities.

• By causing direct physical harm to individuals.

• By promoting racial equality in healthcare settings.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Identify an example of how structural racism manifests in the nursing profession.

• Unequal pay for nurses of different races.

• Personal biases affecting patient care.

• Lack of representation of minority groups in nursing leadership.

• All of the above.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

What is intersectionality, and how does it relate to structural racism?

• It is a framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.

• It is a legal theory describing how laws and policies affect individuals.

• It is a method for organizing grassroots political activism.

• It is a statistical method used to analyze the impact of racism.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

Discuss how education disparities due to structural racism could be mitigated.

• By increasing funding to all schools equally.

• By implementing targeted programs that address the needs of students in under-resourced schools.

• By removing all forms of assessment in schools.

• By enforcing a standardized curriculum across all states.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

How can nurses address the impacts of structural racism in their practice?

• By treating all patients the same, regardless of race.

• By advocating for policies that address social determinants of health.

• By focusing solely on clinical skills.

• By ignoring racial and ethnic differences to avoid bias.

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DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking

What role do social determinants of health play in structural racism?

• They are unrelated to structural racism.

• They are the primary factors in individual health outcomes.

• They are conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

• They only include economic policies.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Evaluate the effectiveness of a policy designed to reduce educational disparities caused by structural racism.

• Determine if test scores have improved in all districts equally.

• Assess whether the policy has increased graduation rates among historically marginalized communities.

• Check if the policy has been implemented in all states.

• Review the policy's popularity among educators.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Propose a comprehensive plan to address structural racism within a community's healthcare system.

• Increase the number of healthcare facilities.

• Provide cultural competency training for healthcare providers.

• Implement community health programs that specifically target marginalized populations.

• All of the above.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking