Equity & Diversity Awareness Quiz
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Question 1
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, what is the percentage of U.S. schools with no teachers of color on staff?
Question 2
Compared with White women, how likely are African American women in the U.S. to die during childbirth due to a lack of access to prenatal care, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?
Question 3
According to a study by the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, what percentage of physicians report witnessing a colleague giving reduced care or refusing care to lesbian, gay, or bisexual patients?
Question 4
In a 2007 study, UNICEF rated the treatment of children in the 23 wealthiest countries in the world based on 40 indicators of child well-being. Which two countries received the lowest ratings?
Question 5
According to a 2006 report from the American Civil Liberties Union, African Americans comprise more than 37% of people arrested for drug use, 59% of those convicted for drug use, and 74% of those sentenced to prison for drug use. African Americans comprise what percentage of U.S. drug users?
Question 6
The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. How much higher is the U.S. military budget than that of China, the world’s second biggest military spender?
Question 7
Compared with their U.S.-born peers, how likely are immigrant men in the U.S., ages 18-39, to be in jail or prison, according to a 2008 report from the Immigration Policy Center?
Question 8
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median annual income for U.S. white men, 25 years or older, who have earned graduate degrees, is $80,000. What are the median annual incomes for Latina and Native American women, 25 years or older, who have earned graduate degrees?
Question 9
According to UNICEF, the wealth of the three richest people in the world is roughly equal to the combined Gross Domestic Product of:
Question 10
Powder cocaine (largely used by wealthy people) and crack cocaine (largely used by economically disadvantaged people) contain roughly the same amount of the drug per gram. Under federal law, how much of these substances must an individual be convicted of possessing to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of five years in prison?
Question 11
What percentage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender high school students report that their teachers “never” or “rarely” respond to homophobic remarks made by other students, according to a national study by GLSEN?
Question 12
Based on a 2007 report from the Economic Policy Institute, the annual earnings of the average full-time U.S. worker is roughly equal to:
Question 13
What portion of the U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and Social Security?
Question 14
A Princeton study of elite universities in the U.S. found that legacy applicants—people, usually white and wealthy, with a parent or grandparent who attended the institution—are far more privileged by legacy status than applicants of color are by affirmative action policies. The study determined that legacy status was roughly equivalent to how much of a boost to an applicant’s SAT score?
Question 15
In 1978 corporate CEOs in the United States earned, on average, 35 times more than the average worker. Today, they earn __ times more than the average worker.1 1. The State of Working America 2004/2005 by Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto, 2005, p. 214.
Question 16
The majority of poor people in the U.S. live in
Question 17
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 33% of the U.S. workforce was unionized in 1962. What percentage is unionized today?
Question 18
Which of the following variables most closely predicts how high someone will score on the SAT test?
Question 19
How many children around the world die each day from hunger-related causes? 2 2. “Where and Why Are 10 Million Children Dying Every Year” (2003) by Robert Black, Saul Morris, and Jennifer Bryce in The Lancet, 361.
Question 20
The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. By 2003, the U.S. military budget was roughly equal to that of:
Question 21
What percentage of people around the world lives on less than $750 per year?
Question 22
How many people in the U.S. live in poverty according to the U.S. Census Bureau?
Question 23
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, how much more likely are African American and Latino mortgage applicants to be turned down for a loan, even after controlling for employment, financial, and neighborhood factors?
Question 24
According to a Catalyst study, what percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs are women?
Question 25
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, how many millionaires are there in the U.S.?
Question 26
Which of the following statements is consistent with research on poverty and education in the U.S.?
Question 27
According to United for a Fair Economy, how much money did the U.S. government spend in 2005 on corporate welfare (economic incentives, often provided to support corporations’ expansions into overseas markets)?
