Black Studies Political Alignment Test

Perspectives besides the master narrative must be centered, like the perspectives of BIPOC people.

Society depends on racial oppression to maintain itself/keep from crumbling.

Violence against Black people/bodies is continually treated as normal in US society.

Before colonization, non-white people did not care as much about race.

Racism in the US is just as bad as it was in slavery, it just changed its form for the modern day.

Black, Indigenous, and POC communities may have a traumatic past and present, but we should still fight for the future.

Black people and other POC have made progress in human rights over time.

You must reconnect to past traditions to create a healthy future.

Freedom will not exist for the colonized until the colonizers are destroyed.

Learning about race in America should begin with discussion of the slave trade and colonization.

Learning about race in America should begin with discussion of the original cultures which existed before colonization.

Learning about race in America should center progress over time and look to the future.

European/American perspectives of history are biased in favor of white people.

History should be told from the perspective of the most oppressed in society.

History should attempt to be as neutral as possible.

The only way for people to get racial progress in the US is to rise up against the government.

By working through the government's structures, we can make wins for racial progress.

We need to relearn how to be in community with other people and the land like Black and Indigenous ancestors to fix our nation.

There is no real racial justice in the US, only temporary solutions to keep people from rebelling.

Putting Black people and other POC at the center of history will change how Americans view the US.