What Is A Black Person? Survey Statistics at Survelum Public Data Bank

Data collected: 65 survey responses
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Personal Background

What is your age?

Under 18Data Graph (3; 5%)What is your age? - Stats Chart
18-22Data Graph (60; 92%)
22-30Data Graph (1; 2%)
over 30Data Graph (1; 2%)

What is your gender?

MaleData Graph (32; 49%)What is your gender? - Stats Chart
FemaleData Graph (32; 49%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

How do you identify yourself racially?

WhiteData Graph (20; 31%)How do you identify yourself racially? - Stats Chart
BlackData Graph (34; 52%)
AsianData Graph (4; 6%)
HispanicData Graph (5; 8%)
BiracialData Graph (1; 2%)
Native AmericanData Graph (1; 2%)
OtherData Graph (0; 0%)

Random Black History

I learned a lot about the Civil Rights and Black History movement in high school

I AgreeData Graph (27; 42%)I learned a lot about the Civil Rights and Black History movement in high school - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (37; 57%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Write a sentence or two about Emit Till

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Which was Martin Luther King's organization?

NAACPData Graph (33; 51%)Which was Martin Luther King`s organization? - Stats Chart
SCLCData Graph (25; 38%)
SNCCData Graph (3; 5%)
BEPData Graph (1; 2%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X:

Met often and were friendsData Graph (4; 6%)Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X: - Stats Chart
Met rarely and often but heads when they didData Graph (17; 26%)
Met each other only once before both were killedData Graph (44; 68%)

Who died first?

Martin Luther King Jr.Data Graph (32; 49%)Who died first? - Stats Chart
Malcolm XData Graph (33; 51%)

Malcolm X, while still with The Nation of Islam, met up with leaders of the KKK

TrueData Graph (35; 54%)Malcolm X, while still with The Nation of Islam, met up with leaders of the KKK - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (30; 46%)

Who were the "Greensboro Four"?

The founders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating CommitteeData Graph (3; 5%)Who were the "Greensboro Four"? - Stats Chart
Four Black girls killed in a church bombing in GreensboroData Graph (17; 26%)
Four Black college guys who staged a sit-in in GreensboroData Graph (24; 37%)
Four Black men who were killed while trying to register to vote in GreensboroData Graph (21; 32%)

A Black person tried to run for President in America in the past and ultimatly didn't make it

TrueData Graph (48; 74%)A Black person tried to run for President in America in the past and ultimatly didn`t make it - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (17; 26%)

Race riots occurred in major cities like Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia during the 1960's

TrueData Graph (60; 92%)Race riots occurred in major cities like Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia during the 1960`s - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (4; 6%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican who:

Advocated that Blacks go back to AfricaData Graph (39; 60%)Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican who: - Stats Chart
Wanted Jamaicans to leave America and go back to JamaicaData Graph (15; 23%)
Ran for President in the 1940's and lost because the country didn't want a Jamaican presidentData Graph (3; 5%)
Was a republican who was against the Civil Rights movementData Graph (6; 9%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

The Black Panther Party had a shoot out with the police that ended in the lost of one of it's leaders

TrueData Graph (46; 71%)The Black Panther Party had a shoot out with the police that ended in the lost of one of it`s leader - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (18; 28%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Segregation only existed in the racist South

TrueData Graph (3; 5%)Segregation only existed in the racist South - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (62; 95%)

Jim Crow Laws were legal forms of segregation in America

TrueData Graph (57; 88%)Jim Crow Laws were legal forms of segregation in America - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (8; 12%)

Freedom Rides were Whites and Blacks from the North who drove to the Southern States to fight segregation

TrueData Graph (44; 68%)Freedom Rides were Whites and Blacks from the North who drove to the Southern States to fight segreg - Stats Chart
FalseData Graph (20; 31%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Write a sentence or two about Fannie Lou Hamer

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Personal Questions

A Black person is any person whose roots go back to Africa

I AgreeData Graph (26; 40%)A Black person is any person whose roots go back to Africa - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (38; 58%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Dark skinned people from Trinidad are Black people

I AgreeData Graph (36; 55%)Dark skinned people from Trinidad are Black people - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (28; 43%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Africans in Africa and Blacks in America are the same

I AgreeData Graph (11; 17%)Africans in Africa and Blacks in America are the same - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (53; 82%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Caribbean people and Africans are included when speaking about Civil Rights of Black people in America

I AgreeData Graph (45; 69%)Caribbean people and Africans are included when speaking about Civil Rights of Black people in Amer - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (19; 29%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Inequality still exist today in America

I AgreeData Graph (61; 94%)Inequality still exist today in America - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (3; 5%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Do you think that Condoleezza Rice and Col. Powell have done a significant part in decreasing oppression in America?

YesData Graph (22; 34%)Do you think that Condoleezza Rice and Col. Powell have done a significant part in decreasing oppres - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (41; 63%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

Do you think they are a good representation of you? (Blacks Only Please)

YesData Graph (11; 17%)Do you think they are a good representation of you? (Blacks Only Please) - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (26; 40%)
Not CheckedData Graph (28; 43%)

Systems such as capitalism make drug dealing and prostituion a means in which to survive

I AgreeData Graph (38; 58%)Systems such as capitalism make drug dealing and prostituion a means in which to survive - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (25; 38%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

Capitalism is the best way to run a country like America

I AgreeData Graph (23; 35%)Capitalism is the best way to run a country like America - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (39; 60%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

Does the term "Wigger", a term used against Whites that are apart of hip-hop culture, offend you?

YesData Graph (17; 26%)Does the term "Wigger", a term used against Whites that are apart of hip-hop culture, offend you? - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (47; 72%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Have you ever told, been told, or know people who say "You are acting White"?

YesData Graph (55; 85%)Have you ever told, been told, or know people who say "You are acting White"? - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (7; 11%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

What is "Acting Black" by contrast?

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Acting "Black" is negative in behavior when compared to acting "White"

I AgreeData Graph (28; 43%)Acting "Black" is negative in behavior when compared to acting "White" - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (35; 54%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

I believe that NO ONE, Black or otherwise, should use the word "Nigga"

I AgreeData Graph (42; 65%)I believe that NO ONE, Black or otherwise, should use the word "Nigga" - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (22; 34%)
Not CheckedData Graph (1; 2%)

Do you think the portrayal of Blacks on TV is positive?

YesData Graph (11; 17%)Do you think the portrayal of Blacks on TV is positive? - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (52; 80%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

Is it an accurate portrayal?

YesData Graph (12; 18%)Is it an accurate portrayal? - Stats Chart
NoData Graph (51; 78%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

Personal Beliefs

When a Black person becomes successful he should move out of their old neighborhood

I AgreeData Graph (19; 29%)When a Black person becomes successful he should move out of their old neighborhood - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (43; 66%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

In terms of poverty:

We should help Whites more because statistically there are more White people in povertyData Graph (0; 0%)In terms of poverty: - Stats Chart
We should help Blacks more because the percentage of Blacks in poverty is high considering the number of Blacks in AmericaData Graph (6; 9%)
We should help other minority groups because they are less privileged than Blacks and WhitesData Graph (0; 0%)
We should try to solve the issue of poverty as a wholeData Graph (57; 88%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)

Considering America's history, Blacks should stick together and help each other out

I AgreeData Graph (52; 80%)Considering America`s history, Blacks should stick together and help each other out - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (10; 15%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

Racism and discrimination will not go away so we should just learn to deal with it

I AgreeData Graph (18; 28%)Racism and discrimination will not go away so we should just learn to deal with it - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (44; 68%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

There should be a second Civil Rights Movement

I AgreeData Graph (31; 48%)There should be a second Civil Rights Movement - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (31; 48%)
Not CheckedData Graph (3; 5%)

Leaders like Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. do not exist today

I AgreeData Graph (33; 51%)Leaders like Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. do not exist today - Stats Chart
I DisagreeData Graph (30; 46%)
Not CheckedData Graph (2; 3%)
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