Race in L.A.

Take the Cultural Competency Quiz

Think you know your way around multicultural L.A.? Keep guessing
Name: ____________________________________ Age: ____ Occupation: _____________ No. of years in L.A. _______ Race/Ethnicity: _____________________________________ 8) What is Saigu? a. A Korean word that refers to the 1992 riots, translating as 4-29 b. South Americans for Integration and Greater Union, L.A.s leading Brazilian advocacy group c. A Thai sauce used in noodle dishes to impart umami d. The Salvadoran singer born in Los Angeles and adored throughout Central America
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5) How many Armenians live in Los Angeles County? 1) Mariachi music originated in the Mexican region of _______________. a. 75,000 b. 100,000 c. 200,000 d. 1 million

10) Abbot Kinney developed the Oakwood area, on Pico between 14th and 24th streets, in the early 1900s to house: a. Mexican farmworkers b. African American servants c. Chinese shipbuilders d. Whites, who made it a whites-only enclave

2) TRUE OR FALSE: Most Arab Americans are Muslim. True False

6) Which is the largest Asian group in the city? a. Taiwanese b. Thai c. Chinese d. Filipino

3) Match the term with the denition: a. Chicano b. Latino c. Hispanic 1. People of Spanish or Latin American descent 2. Activist Mexican Americans 3. Only people of Latin American descent

9) When did the Los Angeles City Council make it illegal for places like the vaunted California Club downtown to discriminate against minority admissions? a. 1973 b. 1987 c. 1965 d. Never

11) What led to the greatest spike in the citys African American population? a. Gold Rush-related jobs in the mid-1800s b. The downtown building boom in the 1920s c. Railroad jobs in the early 1900s d. Shipbuilding and other war-industry jobs in the 1940s

4) What country is the source of the secondlargest group of Spanishspeaking immigrants in the city? a. El Salvador b. Guatemala c. Puerto Rico d. Nicaragua

7) Who was living on Los Angeles soil before the city was founded in 1781? a. The Maya b. The Sioux c. The Tongva d. The Aztecs

T H E R E S U LT S
The answers are on page 170. After you tally your score, its time to rank yourself. YO U R S CO R E
30 25-29 20-24 15-19 14 OR LESS

YO U R STAT U S
Cultural commodore Multicultivore Probationary Angeleno Salt Lake City transplant Icelandic ambassador

T E ST N O. 789 9 / 75 63 / 9 95 4

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LOS ANGELES APRIL 2012