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Understanding Power and Privilege

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In "Reading between the signs: Intercultural communication for sign language interpreters", What were some of the features of Black and White communication that can lead to cross-cultural misunderstandings?

a)

White Style: low-keyed

Black Style: high-keyed

b)

White Style: Dispassionate

Black Style: Animated

c)

White Style: Impersonal

Black Style: Confrontational

d)

White Style: Issue Oriented

Black Style: Interpersonal

2.

Does exposure to different cultures mean that there will be mutual understanding between cultures?

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

What year was the NADRID Task Force formed?

(a)  

4.

Does "whining" and or "defensiveness" define White Fragility?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

Robin DiAngelo poses what idea at the end of Chapter 11 in White Fragility? (Hint: how not if)

(a)  

6.

In Chapter 1 of Part 3 of White Privilege, the syllable "isms" is discussed. What is the takeaway?

a)

All oppressed people are treated equally as poorly regardless of the basis of their oppression

b)

People who are involved in an oppressed group may have trouble recognizing their privilege

c)

Even though someone is a part of one oppressed group, they always have an easy time recognizing their privilege

7.

In California alone, since 1980, how many new prisons vs how many four-year colleges have opened according to Rothenberg?

a)

20 prisions

4 four-year colleges

b)

5 prisions

10 four-year college

c)

2 prisions

30 four-year colleges

d)

30 prisions

2 four-year colleges

8.

When was Carl Kirchner the president of RID?

a)

1972-1982

b)

1970-1973

c)

1993-2000

d)

1972-1978

9.

As mentioned in Reading Between the Signs, What NAD-RID CPC Section states that interpreters shall render he message faithfully, always conveying the content and spirit of the speaker?

(a)  

10.

In Chapter 3 of Part 3 of White Privilege, how many conditions that can not be counted on by African-American people were listed?

a)

26

b)

40

c)

35

d)

10

11.

How many other white people make up the average white American’s friend group?

a)

77

b)

91

c)

50

d)

89

12.

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is home to what tribe?

a)

Sicangu Sioux

b)

Onondaga Nation

c)

Arikara

d)

Oglala Sioux

13.

What was named in White People as the main reason that young white people felt discriminated against?

a)

Jokes at their expense

b)

College acceptance 

c)

Scholarship opportunities

d)

Growing minority population

14.

The term “wašícu”(pronunciation: wah-see-chew) is used by the Natives in Pine Ridge to refer to white people. What does it mean?

(a)  

15.

According to White Fragility, a sense of white superiority and knowledge of racial power codes develops as early as...?

a)

Elementary school

b)

Preschool

c)

Infancy

d)

High School

16.

Talking about race in a world that insists race does not matter results in which function?

a)

Incoherent talk

b)

Excuses

c)

Privilege

d)

Insistence

17.

In a workplace anti-racism training a white participant was supposedly at risk of a heart attack due to her poor health according to her coworkers. What was it that provoked this reaction?

a)

Statistics on racism in her workplace

b)

Accusation of racism 

c)

Feedback on her statements 

d)

Statistics on racism in her workplace

18.

During a voluntary workshop on racism in which participants had to sign up and pay a fee to attend, one participant, Eva, from Germany claimed to have no exposure to racism and was challenged by one of the presenters. Which of the common behaviors of white fragility did she exhibit? (hint-pg 118 White Fragility)

(a)  

19.

Privilege is something that must be maintained. What is stated to contribute to the invisibility and regeneration of privilege by Rothenberg?

a)

Language

b)

Constructive feedback

c)

Full avoidance

d)

Lack of exposure

20.

According to the documentary White People, what was the tribe that faced slaughter at Wounded Knee?

a)

Lakota

b)

Nakoda

c)

Assiniboine

d)

Sicangu Sioux