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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 “tokenizing” refers to which of the following?
2. The term “blackface” carries what meaning?
3. The term “inclusivity” carries what meaning?
4. The term “exoticizing” refers to which of the following?
5. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of relational tokenism?
Short Essay Questions
1. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that those doing the work should not voice their discomfort to BIPOC if they are not BIPOC. What reason does she give for her statement?
2. Saad notes that mistakes are inevitable in effecting change. Why might it be a good thing that they are so?
3. Part of the problem inherent in tokenism is that of the small sample size; a single iteration cannot be assumed to be authentically representative. What, per Saad, might be one means of addressing tokenism?
4. What problem/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?
5. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad discusses being invited to speak at a UK festival (210-12)?
6. In moving into the second week of the work outlined in the book, Saad notes that biracial, multiracial, and white-passing persons of color are likely to experience particular discomfort in addressing the work of the week. What reason does she give for her statement?
7. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?
8. What does Saad note is the purpose of the third week of the work outlined in the book?
9. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?
10. Saad points out that personal mental health and behavioral issues are not necessarily justifications for not doing antiracist work. What reason/s does she give for the assertion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Saad cites “Being overfamiliar with Black women you do not know” as an iteration of misogynoir (128). What does it mean to be overfamiliar? How so? Why is overfamiliarity problematic?
Essay Topic 2
At one point, the book uses the phrase that “you have bought it, hook, line, and sinker” (181). Between what things does the phrase make comparison? How does it do so? What problems inhere in the comparison? How do they do so?
Essay Topic 3
In “A Little about Me,” Saad rehearses her family background, noting her parents’ immigration history, their movements among countries, and their career paths. She uses her family’s experience and her own to situate herself as having authority to discuss the matters in the book. Wherein does she have authority? Wherein does she lack it? How does the text show it?
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