Ethnic Diversity and Education Quiz

This image is taken from the project Humanae by the photographer Angélica Dass, a Brazilian artist who’s using photography to show that humanity is far more diverse than just black and white.

• True, she was able to show the way different races overlap into a beautiful pallete

• False, these are the members of a cover band for the "Village People"

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

• Race is biological, ethnicity is sociological

• Race is sociological, ethnicity is biological

• Race and ethnicity are the same thing

• Race and ethnicity are both biological

Which ethnic minority group is the most discriminated in Europe?

• Jews

• Romanis

• African Americans

• Arabs

What was named Word of the Year by Dictionary.com in 2016?

• Xenophobia

• Immigration

• Diversity

• Racism

What is the definition of racism?

• Belief in the superiority of one's own race

• Belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race

• Belief that all races are equal

• Belief that race doesn't matter

Which ethnic and racial groups underperform academically in education?

• Caucasians and Asian-Americans

• African-American, American Indian, Latino, and Southeast Asian groups

• Caucasians and African-Americans

• Asian-Americans and Latino groups

What does psychological science offer in understanding educational disparities?

• Strategies to maintain educational disparities

• Strategies to ignore educational disparities

• Strategies to understand and reduce educational disparities

• Strategies to increase educational disparities

What is one of the recommendations for addressing educational disparities?

• Promote ethnic and racial segregation in schools

• Increase bias and differential treatment in the educational system

• Provide high-quality early childhood education programs

• Reduce access to bilingual education

What should educators do to support ethnic and racial minority students?

• Ignore their cultural backgrounds

• Minimize their educational aspirations

• Build on their assets and provide culturally competent education

• Discipline and expel them from schools

What is NOT TRUE about race and ethnicity?

• Race is mostly a biological concept. From a scientific point of view, there’s only one human race

• Ethnicity refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, religion or language.

• Ethnicity is rather a sociological concept

• They are the same