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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. The term “disingenuous” carries what meaning?

3. The term “love,” as Saad uses it in the context of her book, carries what meaning?

4. In the book, the term “benign” carries what meaning?

5. Which of the following are noted by Saad as extreme examples of adherents to white superiority?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does “intersectionality” refer in the book?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What does Saad note is the purpose of the work outlined in the book?

6. Studies of argument frequently set aside emotional involvement as a bad thing. Why is the setting-aside itself a problem?

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

8. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad reproduces the text of an email in discussing white superiority ideology (88)?

9. What are some self-care practices likely to be helpful when carrying out the work outlined in the book?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Saad notes confusion over the assertion that identifying her as Black is rude, remarking that it is an accurate descriptor of her. For one such descriptor, why might it be offensive? Wherein lies the difference between an offensive epithet and an accurate description? Why is it at that point?

Essay Topic 2

Saad notes that “white fragility looks like a white person taking the position of victim when it is in fact that white person who has committed or participated in acts of racial harm” (64). What advantage lies in taking the position of victim? What dangers associate with doing so? What effect is it likely to have? Why is it likely to have it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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