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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. Saad quotes Claudia Rankine as writing “For Serena, the daily diminishment is a low flame, a constant drip" (71). The sentence offers examples of which of the following?

2. What does Saad list as her own reasons to continue the work outlined in the book?

3. How many examples of white privilege does McIntosh articulate?

4. In the initial “doll tests,” how many dolls were used?

5. Which of the following does Saad cite as an early indication of her exclusion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Saad notes that “On Day 7, we do not take a day off" (105). What is she likely referencing? Why would she reference it?

2. How is tone policing generally used?

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

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

5. How does white fragility imperil BIPOC?

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

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

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

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

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 suggests that relationships among white-privileged persons often, if not always, include reinforcement of white supremacy. What would a relationship among white-privileged persons look like absent the reinforcement of white supremacy? Why would it look that way? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in the book, Saad notes her personal involvement with the subjects being discussed, whether in their effects upon her and those she knows or in knowing the people whose work she references. What effects on her ethos do those notes have? How does it have those effects?

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