This quiz challenges you to find out for yourself (regardless of your race) how your perceptions have been shaped by how the media portrays issues of race and African-American. 1. According to a 1993 study, what percentage of network news about African-Americans is negative in tone? A. 80% B. 60% C. 50% D. 25% 2. What % of newspaper reporters are black? A. 20% B. 12% C. 9% D. 5% 3. What % of U.S. newspapers don't have any black reporters on staff? A. 53% B. 45% C. 33% D. 15% 4. How many poor black families and poor white families are there in America? A. 5 million black families, over 2 million white families B. 3 million black families, 3 million white families C. Over 2 million black families, 5 million white families D. 4 million black families, 5 million white families 5. Between 1980 and 1990, in terms of the rate of increase for children born to single mothers: A. The black rate grew nine times as much as the white rate B. The white rate grew nine times as much as the black rate C. Both rates are increasing rapidly D. The black rate is increasing and the white rate is decreasing 6. The typical benefit for a family receiving welfare is: A. $9,800 per year B. Under $7,500 per year C. Under $5,000 per year D. $3,500 per year 7. The average size of a family on welfare is: A. A mother and five children B. A mother and three children C. A mother and two children D. A mother and one child 8. How long, on average, have the families on welfare been receiving benefits? A. 5 years B. 3 years C. 22 months D. 18 months 9. What % of the total U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and to Social Security? A. 10% to welfare, 20% to Social Security B. 8.5% to welfare, 33% to Social Security C. 2.5% to welfare, 19% to Social Security D. Less than one percent to welfare, 20% to Social Security 10. In a phenomenon called "tipping", white residents of a neighborhood tend to move out when a certain percentage of their neighbors are black. What percentage of black neighbors causes "white flight"? A. 20% B. 15% C. 8% D. 4% 11. What is the best predictor for whether a student will score well on the college entrance exam, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)? A. Gender B. Race C. Family income D. Private school attendance 12. How do black, white, and foreign students stack up in terms of receiving funding for a graduate degree? A. Foreign graduate students get three-quarters of their funding from grants, whites get less than half, and African-Americans get a quarter of their costs paid B. African-Americans get three-quarters of cost in grants, whites get less than half, and foreign students get one quarter of costs C. White students get three quarters of cost in grants, blacks get less than half, and foreign students get one quarter of costs 13. In married-couple families with children, what % of black and white wives hold jobs outside of the home? A. 42% of black wives, 55% of white wives B. 68% of black wives, 50% of white wives C. 71% of black wives, 68% of white wives 14. How much money does a full-time employee working for the minimum wage make relative to the poverty line for a family of three? A. $2,000 more than the poverty level B. $500 more than the poverty level C. $2,000 less than the poverty level D. $500 less than the poverty level 15. What % of the 71,000 Americans employed as professional athletes of some TYPE are African-Americans? A. 60% B. 25% C. 10% D. 7% 16. What % of professional football players in the NFL are black? A. 75% B. 60% C. 25% D. 10% 17. During the 1990-91 season, what % of black and white NBA basketball players scored over 10 points per game? A. Over 50% of black players, less than 20% of white players B. 33% of black players, 25% of white players C. 75% of black players, 44% of white players D. Over 33% of black players, over 10% of white players 18. How many coaches in the NFL, the NBA, and major league baseball are black? A. 4 of the 28 NFL coaches, 12 of the 27 NBA coaches, 3 of the 26 major-league baseball coaches B. 2 of the 28 NFL coaches, 5 of the 27 NBA coaches, 4 of the 26 major-league baseball coaches C. 0 of the 28 NFL coaches, 8 of the 27 NBA coaches, 1 of the 26 major-league baseball coaches 19. What are the chances of a black high school basketball player making it to the NBA? A. over 24,000 to 1 B. over 7,600 to 1 C. over 2,400 to 1 D. over 760 to 1 20. What are the chances of a black college senior on the basketball team making the NBA? A. 1,500 to 1 B. 150 to 1 C. 15 to 1 D. 1.5 to 1 21. When the first people of African descent came to the British colonies that became America, they were: A. Slaves B. Indentured servants C. Free D. Free, and later enslaved 22. Which state was the first to abolish slavery, and in what year? A. Massachusetts, 1695 B. Rhode Island, in 1712 C. Vermont, in 1777 D. Maryland, in 1790 23. The first person to die in the American Revolution, during the Boston Massacre in 1770, was: A. A free white man B. A free black man C. A white indentured servant D. A black slave 24. In what year did Patrick Francis Healy become the president of Georgetown University, and the first African-American to head a white institution of higher learning? A. 1774 B. 1832 C. 1874 D. 1932 25. How much prison time do African-Americans receive for drug and weapons violations compared to whites convicted of the same crime? A. The same amount of time B. 5% less time C. 5% more time D. 50% more time 26. Powder cocaine (largely used by whites) and crack cocaine (largely used by blacks) contain roughly the same amount of the drug per gram. How much of either substance must an individual be convicted of possessing to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of five years in jail under federal law? A. 500 grams of powder or crack cocaine B. 50 grams of powder cocaine or 5 grams of crack cocaine C. 500 grams of powder cocaine or 5 grams of crack cocaine D. 5 grams of either powder or crack cocaine 27. What percentage of America's drug users are black, and what percentage are white? A. 50% black, 35% white B. over 25% black, 50% white C. 12% black, 50% white D. 12% black, 70% white 28. From ages 12 to 34: A. Blacks and whites are equally likely to have tried drugs B. Blacks are four times as likely to have tried drugs as whites C. Blacks are twice as likely to have tried drugs as whites D. Black are less likely to have taken drugs 29. How many African-Americans were there in Congress in 1994? A. Between 20 and 30 B. 30 C. 40 D. 50 30. What percentage of managers in broadcast news are black? A. 2% B. 6% C. 12% D. 20% 31. What percentage of senior personnel at America's magazines are black? A. 2% B. 6% C. 12% D. 20% ANSWERS: 1. B 7. C 12. A 17. A 22. C 27. D 2. D 8. C 13. B 18. B 23. B 28. D 3. B 9. D 14. C 19. B 24. C 29. D 4. C 10. C 15. C 20. C 25. D 30. B 5. B 11. C 16. B 21. B 26. C 31. A 6. C