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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 cites Amélie Lamont as including which of the following in allyship (216-17)?

2. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?

3. The term “inclusivity” carries what meaning?

4. Saad notes that which of the following is a synonym for “optical allyship?”

5. In what year were the Central Park Five alleged to have committed crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Saad notes that mistakes are inevitable in effecting change. Why might it be a good thing that they are so?

2. What benefit/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What is meant in the book by “representation,” particularly as pertains to Viola Davis’s speech (123-25)?

7. What problems does Saad identify in the Mammy and magical negro stereotypes?

8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Asam Ahmad in discussing being called in / called out (219-20)?

9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?

10. 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?

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

One of the dominant patterns of language Saad uses in the book is anaphora, the repetition of initial words or phrases in successive sentences. Overall, what effect does the use of anaphora have in the book? How does it achieve that effect? How does it aid or hinder the overall work of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Saad comments on the normalization of white-privileged perspectives working to marginalize the perspectives and understandings of BIPOC. What other perspectives are normalized? What perspectives do they necessarily marginalize? What is elided or hidden by such marginalization? What harm accrues to that marginalization? How does it do so?

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