1. What does Diangelo state is always present in a relationship between a white person and a person of color?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Color blindness.
(c) Racism.
(d) The good/bad binary.

2. What is an employer not required to do regarding affirmative action?
(a) Hire people based on skill set and experience.
(b) Hire a qualified person of color.
(c) Hire an unqualified person of color.
(d) Hire people based on merit.

3. What is an example of racism's ability to adapt to cultural changes?
(a) Colorblind racism.
(b) Stereoytpes.
(c) Racism in movies and TV.
(d) Racial slurs.

4. What does Diangelo write is integral to white identity?
(a) Anti-black sentiment.
(b) Racism.
(c) Lack of social awareness.
(d) A sense of entitlement.

5. How does the idea that racism is not a white problem impact whites, as outlined in Chapter 4?
(a) It makes people of color not want to be friends with whites.
(b) It enables whites to sit back and remain complicit.
(c) It enables whites to be racist in any capacity they please.
(d) It makes whites not want to be friends with people of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the use of the language by which whites claim to feel unsafe illustrate about white people in relation to racial discourse, according to Chapter 8?

2. What does white people's use of racially coded language do, as stated in Chapter 7?

3. What is the concept of the melting pot?

4. What does "white flight" refer to?

5. Who mistinterpreted some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, as stated in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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