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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 notes that which of the following is a synonym for “optical allyship?”
2. In the book, the term “insidious” carries what meaning?
3. Saad uses which of the following definitions for being called out?
4. Which of the following does Saad cite in reviewing the third week of the work outlined in the book?
5. How old does a Black boy have to be to begin to be perceived as an adult, according to Goff, et al. (142)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Saad articulate as the primary differences between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation?
2. 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)?
3. Why, per Saad, is positive stereotyping harmful?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. 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)?
7. Why, per Saad, is tokenism problematic?
8. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Latham Thomas at length (212-13)?
9. What rhetorical appeal/s is / are made when Saad references Teju Cole at length (203-04)?
10. What problem/s does Saad identify in grouping people together as BIPOC?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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