Magazine: Time
Date: July 20, 2015
Article: Millennials can't afford to be color-blind about race
Author: Victor Luckerson
Page: 25
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Comments: This is a good opinion piece for middle school students to evaluate.
Answer Key
1. History books show racism as a problem that is eventually solved.
2. History books miss that change in racism rarely happens in an orderly fashion.
3. Racial progress is alwyas met with resistance.
4. The resistance looks passive, active, and violent.
5. Dylann Roof 21 years old.
6. Millennials like seeing themselves as progressive or postracial.
7. 91% of the people surveyed said they believed in racial equality.
8. 72% of the people surveyed said their generation believed in equality more than older Americans.
9. 37% of the people surveyed said they were raised in households that talked about race.
10. 20% of the people surveyed felt comfortable talking about biases against specific groups.
11. Young people take "not seeing race" as a badge of honor.
12. White households are 13 times richer than black households.
13. This is the largest gap in wealth since 1989.
14. A black person is 2 1/2 times more likely than a white person to be arrested for drug possession.
15. 2010 to 2014 NORC at the University of Chicago reported that 31% of white millennials rated blacks lazier than whites.
16. 32% of white Gen X millennials rated blacks lazier than whites.
17. 35% of Baby Boomers rated blacks lazier than whites.
18. 23% of white millennials rated blacks less intelligent than whites.
19. 19% of white Gen Xers rate blacks less intelligent than whites.
20. True, the majority of children under 5 years old in the U.S. are nonwhite.
Date: July 20, 2015
Article: Millennials can't afford to be color-blind about race
Author: Victor Luckerson
Page: 25
U-$1.00-B-0.0048712312-BE-205
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Books
Comments: This is a good opinion piece for middle school students to evaluate.
Answer Key
1. History books show racism as a problem that is eventually solved.
2. History books miss that change in racism rarely happens in an orderly fashion.
3. Racial progress is alwyas met with resistance.
4. The resistance looks passive, active, and violent.
5. Dylann Roof 21 years old.
6. Millennials like seeing themselves as progressive or postracial.
7. 91% of the people surveyed said they believed in racial equality.
8. 72% of the people surveyed said their generation believed in equality more than older Americans.
9. 37% of the people surveyed said they were raised in households that talked about race.
10. 20% of the people surveyed felt comfortable talking about biases against specific groups.
11. Young people take "not seeing race" as a badge of honor.
12. White households are 13 times richer than black households.
13. This is the largest gap in wealth since 1989.
14. A black person is 2 1/2 times more likely than a white person to be arrested for drug possession.
15. 2010 to 2014 NORC at the University of Chicago reported that 31% of white millennials rated blacks lazier than whites.
16. 32% of white Gen X millennials rated blacks lazier than whites.
17. 35% of Baby Boomers rated blacks lazier than whites.
18. 23% of white millennials rated blacks less intelligent than whites.
19. 19% of white Gen Xers rate blacks less intelligent than whites.
20. True, the majority of children under 5 years old in the U.S. are nonwhite.
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