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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 describes “tokenism as a handy Band-Aid” (195). The description is an instance of which of the following?

2. In what year was Birth of a Nation released?

3. In the book, the term "anti-Blackness" carries what meaning?

4. The term “misogynoir” offers an example of which of the following?

5. Saad ascribes which of the following beliefs of the so-called Church of Color Blindness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Saad makes a point of noting the backgrounds of the sources she cites throughout her book. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when she does so?

2. 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?

3. What does Saad articulate as the primary differences between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation?

4. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes that going into the ninth day of the work outlined in the book “was the first day of the challenge that [she]…broke down and cried” (121)?

5. 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?

6. Saad makes particular mention of the hijab as an issue of white saviorism (206). Why might she have done so, based upon the materials included in the book?

7. 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?

8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?

9. 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?

10. What does Saad note is the purpose of the third week of the work outlined in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Saad remarks at length on the “adultification” of Black youth. What does it mean to be an adult? How does this manifest in a given cultural group? How is adultification harmful to members of that group? Why would adultificiation be applied to children of that group?

Essay Topic 2

Saad notes that pain, shame, indignation, and anger are likely to emerge in those who do the work outlined in the book while they do that work. She also asserts that such feelings should not be set aside or ignored, but embraced and worked through. Is she right or wrong? If she is right, what makes her right? How does it do so? If she is wrong, what makes her wrong? How does it do so? In either case, what suppositions underlie the idea, and what does it show that they do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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