Anti-Racist Notes Quiz

1. A cisgender person is

• Someone who identifies as the gender they were assigned at birth
• Someone who does not identify as the gender they were assigned at birth
• Someone who feels that neither gender fits their identity
• Someone who feels that they fit into both genders

2. Define neurotypical

• A person who does not identify as either gender.
• A person with typical development and intellectual ability.
• A person with typical physical abilities.
• A person with neurological differences

3. Define neurodiverse

• A person who does not identify as either gender.
• A person with typical development and intellectual ability.
• A person with typical physical abilities.
• A person with neurological differences

4. True or false: Being neurotypical is better than being neurodiverse.

• True
• False

5. Which of the following is NOT a social identity?

• Age
• Gender
• Socioeconomic Class
• Favorite Food
• Language

6. Which is the best definition of ethnicity?

• An idea that has been created by society
• A socially created term that divides folx based on skin color
• your personal preference for or against an individual or group
• your cultural heritage, languages, traditions, and ancestral history

7. Which of these is an NOT example of institutional racism?

• Only 4% of doctors are Black, so Black people are less likely to have a doctor who shares their race
• The US Congress is 78% white even though the country is only 58% white, so white people are overrepresented.
• 80% of the teachers in the US are white while 50% of the students are people of color.
• A teacher prefers students write in pen instead of pencil.

8. How can businesses discriminate even though it is illegal to do so?

• They can list which races they want to hire in the job description.
• They can use their dress codes to control how people look including their hair.
• They can refuse to serve people based on their social identities.
• They cannot discriminate at all. It is illegal.

9. Which of these is an example of a microaggression?

• A business posts a dress code on their door that specifically says a certain hairstyle is not allowed.
• A student goes to school for 13 years and never has a teacher who shares their race.
• A person identifies as the gender they were assigned at birth.
• A person from the dominant culture asks a person of color where they were born.

10. Which example is a demonstration of bias but not racism?

• A teacher prefers students to write in pen over pencil.
• A teacher only assigns detention to students who do not share the teacher's race.
• A school outlaws certain hairstyles including locs and braids.
• A person argues that one race is better than another according to science.