Black Music
Black Excellence
Sensitivity & Awareness
The Facts
Final Jeopardy
100
This black female R&B/Hip-Hop singer died in a plane crash in April 2001.
Aaliyah
100
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
100
Which of the following is not an appropriate way to refer to African Americans?
a) black people
b) colored people
c) people of color
d) all of the above
b) colored people
This term was used to enforce segregation. Though it was heavily used in the 1940s, it is not an appropriate or acceptable term as it carries connotations of racism and colorism.
100
What percent of African art is actually in Africa?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
10%
The majority of African art, although originally created in Africa, is currently owned and displayed by museums in Europe and the U.S.
200
Tupac Shakur defines THUGLIFE as an acronym standing for and acknowledging...?
The Hate U Give Little Infants F***s Everybody
references the cyclical nature of violence and the lifelong effects of circumstance and upbringing
200
Which artist's work was influenced by African masks?
a) Picasso
b) Warhol
c) Van Gogh
d) Matisse
a) Picasso
200
The N-Word can be said by white people...
a) only when singing along to songs
b) only when there aren't any black people around to hear them
c) only when reading from/referencing a text or quoting a written source
d) if a black person gives them permission
e) Never
NEVER!!!
200
According to the last U.S. census, nearly 13% of Americans identify as Black/African-American. Our nation has 50 governors. How many identify as Black/African-American?
a) 0
b) 2
c) 5
d) 7
ZERO
300
In 2019, she became the first female rapper inducted to the songwriters hall of fame.
Missy Elliot
300
What is afrofuturism?
"Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that explores the developing intersection of African Diaspora culture with technology"
300
"Black" is all of the above except...
a) an ethnicity
b) a color
c) a nationality
d) a culture
c) a nationality
You can't point to where "black" is on a map because "black" is simply a social construct used for a system of racial and ethnic classification. Black people come from a variety of countries and have different unique nationalities.
300
When was lynching made a federal hate crime?
a) 1968
b) 1993
c) 2018
December 19th, 2018
400
The Black Arts Movement helped lay the foundation for spoken-word and hip-hop. It was formally established in 1965 in this place.
Harlem in New York
"The Black Arts Movement grew out of a changing political and cultural climate in which Black artists attempted to create politically engaged work that explored the African American cultural and historical experience."
400
African-American inventors invented all of the following except the...
a) automatic clothes dryer
b) random access memory (RAM) disks
c) automatic gear shift
d) early closed-circuit television system
e) automatic three-way traffic signal system
b) RAM disks
Garrett Morgan invented the first automatic three-way traffic signal system in 1923, which he eventually sold to General Electric.
Marie Van Brittan Brown created an early closed-circuit television system to be used for home monitoring. That security system was the forerunner of all advanced home security technology in use today.
George T. Sampson was best known for his early patent of the automatic clothes dryer in 1892
Richard Spikes created the automatic gear shift in 1932.
500
Can black people be racist?
a) Yes, they can be racist
b) No, they cannot be racist
c) Yes, they can be reverse racist
No. Racism is the oppression of a marginalized group.
Although black people can be prejudiced, they cannot be racist. Our society is based on white supremacy and white people naturally benefit from the system of white privilege. Black people cannot systematically disadvantage white people politically, socially, and/or economically and thus cannot be racist.