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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 “white centering” carries what meaning?
2. Saad notes that Black women are often either superhumanized or dehumanized. The note offers an example of which of the following?
3. The term “inclusivity” carries what meaning?
4. Saad notes that which of the following is a synonym for “optical allyship?”
5. The term “misogynoir” offers an example of which of the following?
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 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 references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
4. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?
5. 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?
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 rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Asam Ahmad in discussing being called in / called out (219-20)?
8. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?
9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad discusses being invited to speak at a UK festival (210-12)?
10. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?
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
Saad writes that “Antiracism work that does not break the heart open cannot move people toward meaningful change” (121). What might meaningful change look like? Why would it look like that? Why would it require that those doing it “break the heart open”? What does it mean to “break the heart open”? Why?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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