Monday, March 26, 2012
Racism Take Molly Secours' White Privilege Pop Quiz
Posted by Jack Silverman on Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:04 AM
The uproar over the shooting of Trayvon Martin shows no signs of abating anytime soon. And there's plenty of outrage here in Nashville, as evidenced by Saturday's Trayvon Martin rally in Nashville, shown in the video above.
As the comments to this Pith post from last week make clear, readers on all sides of the issue have a lot to say. The post discussed Molly Secours' take on the issue, and recalled her eerily prescient 2006 story about knee-jerk suspicion of black males in hoodies. Furthermore, Secours took on the issue of white privilege, and offered a sample question from a quiz she was developing on the subject.
Over the weekend, Secours spent some time working on the White Privilege Pop Quiz, and she's up to about 15 questions. Here are a few more samples:
A) When was the first time you were made aware of yourracial identity and realized that your 'race' would play a
pivotal role in the challenges you faced on a daily basis.
1) 1-5 2) 6-10 3) 11-present 4) never
Discuss: How old were you? What happened? What kind of Impact did it have on you? How did it change your hopes, dreams and goals?
B) How often are you reminded about being the race withwhich you identify?
1) several times a day 2) once a day 3) several times a week
4) once a month 5) never
Discuss: Tell a story about a recent situation where you were reminded of your race. What caused you to think about it?
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C) As a child how often were you given safety instructions
on how to walk through a department store or public
establishment in a way that did not foster suspicion or
attract attention?
1) frequently 2) sometimes 3) rarely 4) never
Discuss: Tell a story about feeling watched, followed or suspected of wrong doing and how it affected your sense of safety.
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D) How often have you been (or are you now) coached by
parents or guardians or family members on how to behave
or what to say in order to avoid being perceived
as dangerous or menacing when confronted by law
enforcement, teachers or authority figures?
1) frequently 2) sometimes 3) rarely 4) never
Discuss: Describe the last time you were detained by authority figures and felt unsafe. Describe the time before that. And the time before that.
Take the whole quiz here.
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