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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 “nonexhaustive” carries what meaning?
2. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva is described as having what background?
3. The term “colonialist” carries what meaning in the book?
4. Saad reports which of the following as emphasized by white supremacist stereotypes?
5. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between racist stereotypes and the perpetuation of white supremacy on the fifth day of Week 2?
2. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?
3. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
7. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad explains the relationship between white centering and white supremacy on the second day of the third week of work?
8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Toni Morrison at length (183-85)?
9. 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)?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Saad comments that “the old adage, ‘If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all’” is problematic in that it facilitates white silence and thus opens space for violence (82-83). Consider another such adage. What is it? In what context does it appear? What does it mean? How might it be harmful? To whom?
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
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?
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