Prejudice, Bias, and Hate:
Rate Your Behavior
Answer the following questions by rating your behavior on a scale of
1 (Never) to 5 (Almost Always).
How Often Do You:
Interrupt someone who is telling a racial or ethnic joke?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Read about the achievements of people with physical or mental disabilities?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Challenge friends expressing a gender stereotype?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Send e-mails to TV or radio stations that broadcast “news” stories with cultural or racial biases?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Examine your own language for unconscious bias or stereotypes?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Ask foreign students questions about their countries of origin?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Recognize compulsory heterosexuality in the media?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Volunteer your time for a cause you support?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Donate goods or money to shelters for battered women or homeless people?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Intervene when a person or group is sexually harassing someone?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Think about the definition of “rape”?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Truly appreciate a friend’s differences from you?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Take the lead in welcoming people of color to your class, club, job site, or living situation?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Challenge the cultural expectation of slimness in women?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Protest unfair or exclusionary practices in an organization?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Ask a member of an ethnic group different from yours how that person prefers to be referred to?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Think about ways you would respond to oppressor and oppressed groups?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Identify and challenge “tokenism”?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Examine your own level of comfort around issues of sexual orientation and sexual practices?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Celebrate your own uniqueness?
Never
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
Almost Never
Sometimes
Usually
Almost Always
