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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 phrase “white privilege protects people” (62) offers an example of which of the following?

2. According to Freeman (54), how much of the human genome bears in on what is commonly called race?

3. The term “complicity” carries what meaning?

4. The term “postracial” has what meaning?

5. At the end of Week 1, Saad urges those doing the work outlined in the book to do which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Which rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad cites Ellen Pence in discussing white exceptionalism (101-02)?

4. How does white silence protect those with white privilege?

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

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

7. How is tone policing generally used?

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

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

10. How might introversion be used to justify white silence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In discussing white exceptionalism, Saad suggests that thinking on the work outlined in the book does not suffice, that writing out responses to the journaling prompts is a necessary step. What is the value of having a written record? Why would one be necessary to doing the work outlined in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Consider questions of demographic and other groups. For a given area—restricted to the present and local—what are the dominant demographic and other groups? What assumptions does the dominant population have about itself? How are those assumptions helpful? How are they harmful? On the whole, are they beneficial?

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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