Bias in the System
This type of bias occurs when racial stereotypes influence decisions.
(What is implicit bias?)
Immigrants are (more/less) likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens.
(What is less?)
This term refers to areas with limited access to affordable, healthy food.
(What are food deserts?)
This protest began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.
(What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?)
This show explores systemic racism in New York through a police lens.
(What is When They See Us?)
True or False: Prosecutors have absolute discretion in charging decisions.
(What is true?)
This term refers to crimes against immigrants based on their legal status.
(What are hate crimes?)
This is the federal minimum wage in the United States as of 2025.
(What is $7.25?)
This 1963 event is famous for MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech.
(What is the March on Washington?)
This movie portrays an African American family’s journey during the Great Migration.
(What is The Great Debaters?)
This term refers to unequal sentencing based on race.
(What is sentencing disparity?)
This agency is responsible for enforcing immigration laws in the U.S.
(What is ICE?)
This term describes laws designed to keep wealth and power in certain groups.
(What are discriminatory policies?)
This Black political organization was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966.
(What is the Black Panther Party?)
This 2018 Marvel movie highlights African culture and technology.
(What is Black Panther?)
This policy leads to harsher punishments for crack cocaine than powder cocaine.
(What is the 100-to-1 sentencing disparity?)
This term describes cities that limit cooperation with immigration enforcement.
(What are sanctuary cities?)
This program provides financial assistance to low-income families.
(What is TANF?)
This act of violence targeted a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
(What is the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?)
This documentary series by Ava DuVernay focuses on mass incarceration.
(What is 13th?)
This term describes when police disproportionately target minority communities.
(What is racial profiling?)
The first major wave of anti-immigration sentiment in the U.S. targeted this group.
(Who are Irish immigrants?)
This 1930s program denied home loans to Black communities.
(What is redlining?)
This court case upheld internment camps for Japanese Americans during WWII.
(What is Korematsu v. United States?)
This author wrote The New Jim Crow.
(Who is Michelle Alexander?)