A friend of mine who teaches in Raytown and is currently working with Tanner Colby's book "Some of My Best Friends are Black" has asked other teacher friends of his to make this brief survey available to their students.  Please answer only if you wish to.  I will not read answers.  There is a collection folder in my room (270) or they can also be placed in my mailbox.  Thanks.

1.How do you define your racial identity (black, white, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, mixed-race, etc.)?

2.How many close black friends do you have? These are people you talk to daily, see frequently outside of school, etc.
●One
●Two
●Three
●Four
●Five or more

3.How many black acquaintances do you have? These are people you talk to only occasionally and don’t often see outside of school.
●One
●Two
●Three
●Four
●Five or more

4.Would you date someone of a different race?

5. Describe an act of overt (meaning open and obvious) racism you have seen or experienced.

6.Do you wish your school were…
●More diverse?
●Less diverse?
●About the same as it is now?

7.Describe an act of racial or cultural misunderstanding you’ve witnessed or experienced personally.

8.What best defines your group of friends?
●Race or ethnicity
●Class or economic background
●Activities or interests

9.In the cafeteria or at assemblies, with whom do you usually sit?
●People of mostly the same race
●People of mostly different races
●Depends/Wherever you want

10. Do your parents have a lot of friends of another race?

11.Are racism and racial injustice getting better for your generation?
●Yes
●No
●Not sure

12.Is Kansas City a racially divided city?
●Yes
●No
●Not sure

13.Do you consider Raytown as a part of Kansas City, or its own place?
●Part of KC
●Own place
●Neither/not sure

14. What does Troost Avenue represent to you?

15.Do you know who J. C. Nichols was, and why he was so influential to the history of race in America?