FLOCABULARY: WHAT IS RACE?

When kids asked Nitty “Hey, what are you?” they were referring to her

• race.

• name.

• career.

• gender.

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CCSS.L.5.5C

True or False: Race is based in science.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Sammus experienced some confusion as a child because

• people made judgments about her based on stereotypes.

• she was the same race as the people around her, but liked different things.

• she was a different race than the people around her, but liked the same things.

• people told her she shouldn’t tell others that her parents were from another country.

Which of the following is an example of a stereotype affecting someone?

• Miyachi was afraid the other kids wouldn’t think he’s cool because he’s Asian.

• Sammus’s parents spoke a different language.

• Nitty’s dad is black, and her mother is Latina.

• Blake has English ancestors.

Nitty was given a list of races and asked to pick one. She checked the box that said “other” because

• her race was different from that of the person who gave her the list.

• her race was the same as everyone else’s in her class.

• she felt that her race was not on the list.

• she didn’t understand the question.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following is a way to keep from judging people based on race?

• getting to know people for who they are

• discovering things you have in common with someone who might seem different from you

• sharing with other people the things that make you unique so your friends understand you

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Race is a social construct, but A. it still affects people. B. racism does not exist. C. it’s also based in science. D. only our ancestors made judgments based on race.

• it still affects people.

• racism does not exist.

• it’s also based in science.

• only our ancestors made judgments based on race.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is an example used in the song that shows that ideas about race have changed throughout history?

• Nitty didn’t know about race when she was a baby.

• Sammus is proud of the things that make her family unique.

• Miyachi doesn’t want to be called bad names because of his race.

• Blake’s English and Irish ancestors were once considered different races.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Miyachi and Sammus would probably agree that A. if someone is a different race from you, you should treat them differently than you treat others. B. people can be friends even if they like different things and have different habits. C. being the same race as someone means you have a lot in common. D. only people who are exactly the same can be friends.

• if someone is a different race from you, you should treat them differently than you treat others.

• people can be friends even if they like different things and have different habits.

• being the same race as someone means you have a lot in common.

• only people who are exactly the same can be friends.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following lines from the song most closely means “don’t put me in a certain group?”

• “Don’t use these things, trying to box me in.”

• “The way my hair feels, the color of my skin...”

• “Get to know me, get to know what I’m about.”

• “No one would say Irish and English are different races now.”

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D