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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. Which of the following movies does Saad identify as demonstrating white saviorism?
2. Saad cites which of the following as determining whether being called out or being called in is appropriate?
3. The term “hierarchical” carries what meaning?
4. Which of the following does Saad identify as an example of brand tokenism?
5. Saad cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?
2. 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)?
3. 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?
4. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Toni Morrison at length (183-85)?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad notes the CDC findings that Black women are three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy than white women (126)?
9. 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?
10. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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