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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term “white supremacy” carries what meaning?

2. In the book, the term “superior” carries what meaning?

3. The term “African diaspora” has what meaning?

4. What tips does Saad recommend for doing the work outlined in the book?

5. The term “white silence” carries what meaning in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does DiAngelo view the question of “Now what do I do?” (11) as problematic?

2. For whom does Saad write the book? That is, who is her expected primary audience for it?

3. What evidence is often cited against the existence of white privilege?

4. How does the desire to seem good hamper being good?

5. Why does Saad refer to her work as shared with a global audience?

6. Why would a person work through the book sequentially?

7. How does white fragility imperil BIPOC?

8. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the relative availability of dolls in discussing white superiority ideology?

9. Saad quotes Audre Lorde as saying “Revolution is not a one-time event” (46). In the context of the book, what does the quote mean?

10. Why does Saad note that she uses the admittedly unpleasant term “white supremacy” for the problem she addresses in her book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Saad writes that “Antiracism work that does not break the heart open cannot move people toward meaningful change” (121). What might meaningful change look like? Why would it look like that? Why would it require that those doing it “break the heart open”? What does it mean to “break the heart open”? Why?

Essay Topic 2

One of the dominant patterns of language Saad uses in the book is anaphora, the repetition of initial words or phrases in successive sentences. Overall, what effect does the use of anaphora have in the book? How does it achieve that effect? How does it aid or hinder the overall work of the book?

Essay Topic 3

In the foreword, DiAngelo notes that making a list of areas of ignorance offers a guide for moving forward. She then gives such a list as pertains to racism. What other area of social concern might benefit from such a treatment? What might such a list for that area look like? How would that list work to address the area of social concern?

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