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1. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? What is institutional discrimination and why is it so bad for education?

2. In general, what does the term privilege mean? Is white privilege the only kind of privilege? Explain. What are some specific examples of how privilege is played out in society?

3. What is the role of the teacher in multicultural education? Of the school? Of families? What are the other forms of oppression that teachers need to be aware of?

4. Describe 5 historical events (in order of occurrence) that shaped the study of multicultural education. What is the importance of ethnic studies programs and why are they controversial?

5. What are some trends in multicultural education? What is critical race theory? Why is it troubling that students of color and low-income students are not participating in advanced programs of study?

6. How is immigration both an opportunity and a problem for the United States? Give one possible solution.

7. What is the difference between race and ethnicity? Give a specific example.

8. Define racial diversity. Define racial identity. Give an example of why each one is important.

9. What were Jim Crow laws? What was the significance of Brown vs the Board of Education? What new problems have arisen since desegregation?

10. Define a hate group. Give three examples in the US. Why is a hate group sometimes hard to identify?

11. What is the school-to-prison pipeline? Why do prisons have a high population of Black and Hispanic prisoners? What is a Safe School and how could it help in this issue?

12. What are three ways that the book discusses to confront racism in the classroom? Why is it important for many ethnic groups to see themselves and have a voice in the school curriculum?

13. What is the opportunity gap? Why is it likely that many students of color fall below the necessary scores required by the schools? Whose responsibility is it to close the gap?