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

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

3. Which of the following does Saad list as an example of white superiority behavior?

4. “White privilege” and “unconscious bias” are described in the book as being what for “white supremacy"?

5. When were the initial “doll tests” conducted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Saad list among reasons to commit to the work outlined in the book?

3. Why would a person work through the book non-sequentially?

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

5. How does white fragility imperil BIPOC?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 notes that leadership carries additional responsibility (245-46). Others have written and spoken to the same. Look at one leader whom you follow. How does that leader take on additional responsibility? How should that leader do so to a greater extent? Why?

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