How Racially Aware Are You? A Sampling of Questions from "The Racial Awareness Quiz". 1. The first major race riot of the 1960s took place in what city? A) Los Angeles (Watts) B) Detroit C) Newark, New Jersey D) Oxford, Mississippi 2. In 1922 the United States Supreme Court denied Takao Ozawa, a Japanese immigrant, the right to become a U.S. citizen. What failing of Ozawa's before the law did the court use as a basis for its decision? A) He wasn't born white B) He failed to learn English C) He failed to show a willingness to assimilate to the mainstream American culture D) He failed to forego nationalist sentiments in support of Japan E) He failed to obtain at least a high school education 3. Which state has the most racially segregated school system? A) Alabama B) California C) New York D) Georgia E) Kansas 4. In 1841, the people of Ireland sent a petition with 60,000 signatures to the Irish in America. What did the petition ask Irish Americans to do? A) Join the American Abolitionists in overthrowing the American system of slavery that held Africans and African Americans in bondage. B) Send money to aid the newly formed movement for Irish independence from English domination. C) Return to the land of their birth, no longer forsaking it for a new and untried country where they faced oppression as bad as any in the home country. D) Create a haven in the new world where more Irish might escape from the ravages of famine and start a new life in a surrounding that kept the glorious traditions of Irish culture forever alive. 5. Which of the following racial/cultural groups is the most ethnically diverse? A) Asian Americans B) Black Americans C) Hispanic Americans D) Native Americans E) White Americans Answers: 1. D) Oxford, Mississippi, at the University of Mississippi 2. A) He wasn't born white 3. C) New York 4. A) Join the American Abolitionists in overthrowing the American system of slavery that held Africans and African Americans in bondage. 5. D) Native Americans comprise about 1% of the United Sates population but are the most ethnically diverse. One study found native American tribes account for 50% of the identified ethnocultural groups in the country. In some ways native American identity parallels that of white Americans who identify ethnically, but not racially. Tribal membership usually forms the basis of identification, with native American or Indian identity being secondary. There are 517 tribes recognized by the U.S. government, 365 recognized by individual states, and 52 self-identified groups. Despite their diversity, native American cultures do share a common world view with values that "are collectivist and encompass a harmony of the individual with the tribe, the tribe with the land, and the land with the Great Spirit." This might be contrasted with European American values of individualism, competition and aggression, nuclear family and mastery over nature. Elaborate, detailed answers to all of the above questions (such as the answer to question #5) are published in the actual quiz which is a 3-hour exercise for classrooms, workshops and discussion groups.The above are just a few of the questions found in "The Racial Awareness Quiz" created by the Center for the Study of White American Culture, Inc. The Center may be reached by email at contact@euroamerican.org or visit their website at www.euroamerican.org The Center for the Study of White American Culture is a multiracial organization whose mission is to define and examine white United States culture and to address its role in, and impact on, the greater American culture. First, they believe there is such a thing as white American culture. Second, they believe that while it is the dominant culture in the United States of America, it is not the only one. There is a greater American context that is multiracial and multicultural in character. Finally, they believe white United States culture needs to change in a way that it no longer dominates our society to the exclusion of other cultures in the United States. Republished with permission from the Center for the Study of White American Culture. Copyright 1999 Center for the Study of White American Culture, Inc. This website: Copyright © 2000 Studio Q Int'l Inc / Urban Mozaik Magazine. All rights reserved. The opinions expressed in Urban Mozaik Magazine are not necessarily those of Urban Mozaik Magazine and the publisher cannot be held responsible for them. This website/publication, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher.