What Prompted Williams's First "Race Crisis

question 13

Multiple Choice

What prompted Williams's first "race crisis"?

• A) Violence between African American and Hispanic gangs at her school
• B) Moving to a school where students tended to segregate themselves by race
• C) A classmate assuming, because of her skin color, that she couldn't speak Spanish
• D) Being called "the most Mexican black girl I've ever met!"

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Definitions:

Preoperational Stage

A stage in Jean Piaget's developmental theory of childhood, from about ages 2 to 7, where children begin to engage in symbolic play but lack the ability to perform operations or think logically.

Represent Another

A phrase that suggests acting on behalf of or symbolizing someone or something else.

Reversibility

The cognitive ability to recognize that numbers or objects can be changed and then returned back to their original condition.

Nonstage Theory

A theory suggesting that development or cognition does not progress through fixed stages, but rather continuously.