Circle the correct answer for each question.
According to the author, learning about race and culture can be
a.
Both an emotional and an
intellectual process
b.
Only an intellectual process
c.
Stressful
d.
A & C
2.
Racial identity development is
defined as the process of
a.
Learning about current racial
issues in the U.S.
b.
Being connected with the
experiences of one’s racial group.
c.
Growing up with people of many
races.
d.
Being able to identify who is
prejudiced.
3.
For many European Americans,
who are in the early stages racial identity development, the
learning
process
a.
Is more difficult than it is
for people of color.
b.
Requires creating an awareness
of oppression and difference around race.
c.
Can cause anxiety and stress
d.
All of the above
4.
Applying the Kubler-Ross Model
of Death and Dying to the study of racial identity theory can
help one to
understand racial identity formation because
a.
It is so different from the
other models in this reading and may be a better fit with
some students’
experiences.
b.
Everyone is going to die, so it
applies to all.
c.
The author feels that this
model is superior to the others discussed in the article.
d.
B &C
5.
The term “White Privilege”
means that
a.
White people have more money
than people of color.
b.
Most white people have a deeper
understanding of racial issues than people of color.
c.
Whites have unearned advantages
that they often don’t are not aware of having.
d.
Harry White’s racial identity
development theory makes the most sense.
Name __________________________________
Circle the correct
answer for each question.
1. Most white people
a. Clearly understand that they have a privilege
because of their race.
b. Need
to know that they have unearned privileges because of their
race.
a.
Who are prejudiced against
people of color are also prejudiced against gays and
lesbians.
b.
Are not prejudiced against
anybody.
2. When white people learn about race they are
always taught
a.
That it creates an advantage
for them in society.
b.
That they may experience the
world differently than people of color.
c.
About racial oppression.
d. None of the above.
3. Both white privilege and heterosexual
privilege
a.
Are always visible
b.
Apply only to males
c.
Are based on unearned power and
privilege.
d.
Are no longer an issue in
today’s workforce.
4. According to the author,
it is more difficult for white people than people of color to
understand racism and privilege because
a.
There are more whites than
people of color in the world
b.
White people never have close
friends who are people of color
c.
Slavery no longer exists in the
U.S.
d.
They are less apt to experience
a lack of privilege themselves.
5. Male privilege still exists
a.
Because males are still more
powerful than females in most of the world.
b.
There are simply more men than
women in the population.
c.
Masculinity is more visible
than femininity.
d.
A & B.
6.
Which of the following groups
is most apt to experience being privileged?
a. People without
disabilities
b. Muslims in
the United States
c. Immigrants
to the United States
d. Workers over
sixty-fifty years of age
7.
The author says that she, like
most white people was
a. Taught that she was an
oppressor of other people by her parents.
b. Unaware that she had an unfair advantage because she was
white.
c. Socialized
as a child to believe that her life experiences were not the
same for people of
color.
d. Brought up
to believe that race didn’t matter anymore in the world.
8.
McIntosh says that white and
male privilege
a. Must be conscious to be an advantage for whites and males.
b. Makes some
things in life easier for males and whites even if they are
unaware of their
privileges.
b. Only exists in the United States.
c. Is forbidden by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
9.
Which of the following
statements is true?
a. Members of privileged groups have more power to change
society than
members of less privileged groups.
b.
Privilege is beneficial to
everyone in a culture.
c.
Members of less privileged
groups have more power to change society than members of
privileged groups.
d.
None of the above is true.
10. Example(s) of religious privilege in the United States could
include
a. Not closing retail stores on Easter
b. Taking out the “under God” phrase in the pledge of
allegiance to the
flag.
c. Giving all employees Christmas day off with pay but
requiring Jewish
employees to work on all of their high holy days.
d. A & B
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